Berg Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Svenstavik.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Berg Municipality was amalgamated with four other entities.
As often in northern Sweden the municipality is one of the larger in terms of area, but one of the smaller in terms of population.
Geography The nature reserve Hoverberget lies within Berg Municipality, near Svenstavik. The high mountain Helags and Sweden's highest public road, over Flatruet, are located in the western end of Berg Municipality. Berg means mountain in Swedish, and the name of the municipality (and the Berg Parish) comes from Hoverberget.
Localities There are six localities (or urban areas) in Berg Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
# Locality Population 1 Svenstavik 948 2 Hackås 518 3 Klövsjö 312 4 Åsarna 271 5 Myrviken 224 6 Rätan 168
The municipal seat in bold
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Berg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 7,131 residents, including 5,527 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.6% voted for the left coalition and 48.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Hackås 1,036 823 51.4 46.8 85 95 5 24,650 33Klövsjö-Rätan 1,067 846 47.4 51.6 83 92 8 20,650 28Oviksbygden 1,786 1,394 49.1 48.8 87 96 4 22,903 32Storsjö-Åsarna 898 729 44.4 53.6 86 91 9 22,151 25Svenstavik-Vigge 2,344 1,735 52.5 46.7 80 82 18 21,612 25Source: SVT
Notable people Georg Adlersparre (1760–1835), Swedish army commander, born in Hovermo now part of Berg Municipality. Thomas Wassberg, resident here (born elsewhere), Olympic Gold medalist.
See also Kusbölehelvetet
References
External links
Berg Municipality Official site