Berkåk is the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Rennebu Municipality in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. It is located in the

Orkladalen Orkdalen or Orkladalen ( en, Orkla Valley) is a valley and a traditional Norwegian district in Trøndelag county, Norway. In the early Viking Age, before King Harald Fairhair, the Orkla Valley was also a petty kingdom. The valley begins in the h ...

valley along the river

Orkla Orkla may refer to: Places * Orkla (river), a river in Trøndelag county, Norway Business * Orkla Group (or ''Orkla ASA''), a large Norwegian company * Orkla Mining Company, a historic company in Norway * Orkla Metall, a former smelting company in ...

. The village lies about north of the village of

Ulsberg Ulsberg is a village in the municipality of Rennebu in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Orkla River about south of the village of Berkåk and about northwest of the village of Innset. The village sits at the junctio ...

and southeast of the village of

Stamnan Stamnan is a village in the Orkdalen valley in the municipality of Rennebu in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Orkla River about south of the village of Voll, about northwest of the municipal centre of Berkåk Berk ...

. The

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

highway runs through the village, as does the Dovrebanen railway line which stops at

Berkåk Station Berkåk is the administrative centre of Rennebu Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Orkladalen valley along the river Orkla. The village lies about north of the village of Ulsberg and southeast of the village of Stam ...

Berkåk Church Berkåk Church ( no, Berkåk kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rennebu municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Berkåk, just west of the European route E06 highway. It is the church for the B ...

is also located in the village. The village has a population (2018) of 998 and a

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of . Along the E6 highway south of the village, is the Kunstsenteret Birka, the national centre for arts and crafts. Every August, since 1986, the village hosts the large fair called Rennebumartnan. In the 1500s and 1600s, the village was named ''Birckagir'', ''Berckager'', and ''Berchager''. More recently the spelling was ''Bjerkaager'' or ''Bjerkaaker''.

Notable residents

Media gallery

992. Soknedal, Bjerkager St. med Kirken - no-nb digifoto 20160104 00050 bldsa AL0992.jpg, Berkåk and the local church (c. 1885) Berkåk UBT-TO-004147 01 1.jpg, Another historic view of Berkåk Berkåk 2010-07-17.jpg, Present-day Berkåk Berkåk kirke.jpg, Berkåk Church

References

Villages in Trøndelag Rennebu {{Trøndelag-geo-stub