Brekken

{{Short description|Village in Røros Municipality, Norway}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{for|the former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway|Brekken Municipality}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = {{native name list|tag1=no|name1=Brekken|tag2=sma|name2=Prahke}}

|other_name = Brekkebygd / Brekka

|native_name =

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Church of Brekken.jpg

|image_caption = View of the village church

|image_map = {{Infobox mapframe|zoom=11|marker=village}}

|pushpin_map = Trøndelag#Norway

|pushpin_label = Brekken

|pushpin_label_position = top

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Central Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Trøndelag

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Gauldalen

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Røros Municipality

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 7370 Brekkebygd

|coordinates = {{coord|62.64839|11.86505|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 708

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Brekken, Røros (Trøndelag) |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-524443/Norge/Tr%C3%B8ndelag/R%C3%B8ros/Brekken |access-date=2024-12-30 |publisher=yr.no}}}}

{{native name|no|Brekken}} or {{native name|sma|Prahke}} (or less commonly: Brekkebygd or Brekka){{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/874015 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is a mountain village in the Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the lake Aursunden, just about {{convert|11|km}} west of the border with Sweden and about {{convert|30|km}} northeast of the town of Røros.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Brekken - bygd |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Brekken_-_bygd |date=2017-07-18 |editor-last=Haugen |editor-first=Morten |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2024-12-30}}

The village has a school, shop, gas station, post office, bank, sports fields, and Brekken Church. The small Brekken airport opened in August 2009. The mountains around Brekken are easily accessible and offer various hiking opportunities in summer and winter. With all the nearby lakes and rivers, the area abounds in good fishing. The area contains several sites of interest to botanists, geologists and ornithologists. The village was settled in the mid-1600s when the mining industry began in the Røros area.

The village was the administrative centre of the old Brekken Municipality from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964.