Berg is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties , and 430 municipalities...

 in Troms

Troms

or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...

 county

Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skaland

Skaland

Skaland is a village that is the administrative center of the municipality of Berg in Troms county, Norway. The population was 236. Other than municipal services, the main employer in the area is a graphite factory....

. The municipality faces the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 on the west side of the island of Senja

Senja

Senja is the second largest island in Norway . It is located along the Troms county coastline with Finnsnes as the closest town. Senja is connected to the mainland by the Gisund Bridge. The municipalities located on Senja are Lenvik , Berg, Torsken, and Tranøy...

. The largest urban area in Berg is the village of Senjahopen

Senjahopen

Senjahopen is a village in the municipality of Berg in Troms, Norway. Its population is 291. Senjahopen is located along the Mefjorden on the northwest part of the island of Senja, where it is one of the most important fishing villages on the island...

. The highest point on the island, the mountain Breidtinden

Breidtinden (Berg)

Breidtinden is the highest mountain on the island Senja in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the northeastern part of the municipality of Berg, just east of the Mefjorden and the village of Mefjordbotn. The lake Svartholvatnet is located just to the south of the mountain....

, is located in the northeastern part of Berg.

The municipality was the first place in the world to utilize a hydroelectrical

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

 power station

Power station

A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....

 in the mining community of Hamn i Senja.