Hafnir | |
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Town | |
 Hafnir | |
 Location of the Municipality of Reykjanesbaer | |
  Hafnir Location in Iceland | |
| Coordinates: 63°56′N 22°41′W / 63.933°N 22.683°W | |
| Country |  Iceland |
| Constituency | South Constituency |
| Region | Southern Peninsula[1] |
| Municipality |  Reykjanesbær |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 109 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Website | Official website |
Hafnir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhapnɪr̥]) is a town in southwestern Iceland.
It is situated in the Reykjanes peninsula and has 109 inhabitants (as of 2011). The current population as of February 2024 is estimated to be 200-700.
In 1994 the inhabitants of Hafnir, Njarðvík and Keflavík agreed to form a municipality called Reykjanesbær with a population of 20,416 (July 2022).
A cabin in Hafnir abandoned between 770 and 880 provides the earliest known archaeological evidence of settlement in Iceland.[2]
In 1881, the American ship Jamestown ran aground off Hafnir with no one aboard. Its cargo of timber was salvaged and sold off. The ship's anchor is on display outside the village church.
- ^ Formerly named Reykjanes
- ^ "New View on the Origin of First Settlers in Iceland". Iceland Review Online. 4 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2012.