Bergset

Bergset is the administrative centre of Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Renaelva, about north of the village of Otnes in the largely rural Østerdalen valley.
The village had a population of 243 and a population density of. Since 2012, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.

History

Bergset was also the administrative centre of the former Øvre Rendal Municipality which is now a part of Rendalen Municipality. Øvre Rendal Church, built in 1761, is located in Bergset. The Rendalen Village Museum in Bergset contains a collection relating to the author Jacob Breda Bull, who was a resident of Rendalen. Bull was buried in the nearby Ytre Rendal Church.