Career
After playing for Icelandic clubs Höttur and Keflavik ÍF, he joined Swedish club IFK Göteborg in 2002, a club he has played for since then On 16 July 2006, he scored his first ever goal for IFK Göteborg against Halmstads BK in a league game. Hjálmar made his debut for Iceland in a January 2002 friendly match against Kuwait.