Editing Berg Municipality (Troms) (section)

==General information==
[[File:Ersfjorden on Senja.jpg|thumb|left|View of the [[Ersfjorden]]]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Berg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1902, the southern part of Berg (population: 1,229) was separated to form the new [[Torsken Municipality]]. This left Berg with 1,002 residents. The municipal borders did not change after that time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no}}</ref>

In March 2017, the [[Parliament of Norway]] voted to merge Berg Municipality, [[Torsken Municipality]], [[Lenvik Municipality]], and [[Tranøy Municipality]]. The new municipality would encompass the whole [[Senja (island)|island of Senja]] plus part of the mainland. The new [[Senja Municipality]] was established on 1 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senja kommune 2020 |url=http://senja2020.no/ |access-date=2017-09-09 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vermes |first=Thomas |date=2017-03-29 |title=Stortingsflertallet gjør fire Senja-kommuner til én |url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/politikk/2017/03/29/195291385/stortingsflertallet-gjor-fire-senja-kommuner-til-en |access-date=2017-09-09 |work=ABC Nyheter |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Berg'' farm ({{langx|non|Berg}}) in what is now the village of [[Skaland]]. The farm is where [[Berg Church (Berg)|Berg Church]] is located. The name is the same as the word {{wikt-lang|non|berg}} which means "[[mountain]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py5MAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Tromsø amt |date=1911 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=17 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=72–73 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 2 October 1987. The official [[blazon]] is ''"Per [[bend sinister]] [[Line (heraldry)|double bevilled]] [[argent]] and [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]"'' ({{langx|no|Venstre skrådelt av sølv og svart ved dobbelt lynsnitt}}). This means the arms have a [[Line (heraldry)|double bevilled]] [[division of the field]] running along a diagonal path ([[bend sinister]]). The [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) below the line has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]]. The field above the line has a tincture of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The arms are [[canting arms|canting]] since "berg" means "mountain" in Norwegian and the arms show the profile of the three mountains of Trælen, Oksen, and Kjølva. The colors represent "winter darkness", "black sea", and "toward brighter times." The arms were designed by Rolf Tidemann.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Berg_(Troms) |access-date=2023-01-24 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Berg, Troms (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-19-29.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-10-02 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LFO/forskrift/1987-10-02-791 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Berg Municipality. It was part of the [[Senja prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Berg'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Berg||[[Berg Church (Berg)|Berg Church]]||[[Skaland]]||1955
|-
|[[Finnsæter Chapel]]||[[Finnsæter]]||1982
|-
|[[Mefjordvær Chapel]]||[[Mefjordvær]]||1916
|}