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Rejuvenating thesoul and enhancingknowledge140 years since the beginningof public education in Hafnarfjörður
REJUVENATING THE SOUL AND ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE | INTRODUCTION11On Thursday, 31 May, a formal ceremony opened the exhibition “Rejuvenating the Soul and EnhancingKnowledge” in the lobby of the Pakkhús Museum of Hafnarfjörður. The exhibition was about the introductionof public education in Hafnarfjörður.The beginning of public education in the town can be traced back to 1877, and thus, 140 years hadpassed from this event to when the exhibition was set up. In 1877, a couple from Garðar in Álftaneswrote a gift certificate for the establishment of a public school in Hafnarfjörður, in memory of their son,Böðvar Þórarinsson. Böðvar had been a student at the Lærði Skólinn (the Learned School) in Reykjavík,and his parents, Þórarinn Böðvarsson and Þórunn Jónsdóttir, considered it appropriate to remember himwith the establishment of this school. It can be said that the history of public education and educationalmatters in Hafnarfjörður have remained unchanged from then to the present day, and the gift wasevidence of both the foresight and optimism of the couple. The history of the school and its developmentis remarkable for many reasons, and it also had a great influence on the development and history of thetown. This story was featured in the exhibition in question, with historical texts, a number of photographsand interesting artefacts that shed light on it in both informative and interesting ways.This pamphlet aims to preserve the research work done in preparation for the exhibition for the purposeof passing the information on, after the exhibition has been taken down. The exhibition was prepared bythe staff of Byggðasafn Hafnarfjarðar (Hafnarfjörður Museum). Special thanks, moreover, is extended forthe assistance and goodwill that both the National Museum of Iceland and the Flensborg UpperSecondary School in Hafnarfjörður gave the museum during the preparation of the exhibition.Björn PéturssonMunicipal Museum Curator of Hafnarfjörður
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