Åre Bergbana, Funicular railway in Åre, Sweden

Åre Bergbana is a funicular railway running 792 metres from Åre square at 398 metres above sea level to Fjällgården at 556 metres. Its two cars, each holding 60 passengers, are linked by a cable: the station engine pulls one up while the other descends by gravity. A red flat wagon for luggage and sledges stands at the intermediate Tottvägen stop.

Initiated by engineer Carl Olof Rahm in 1905 with Davos as a model, Åre Bergbana was built by the Swiss firm Von Roll from 1908 to 1910 at a cost of 230,000 SEK. It opened for traffic on 5 July 1909, before its formal inauguration on 7 March 1910. The line was meant to reach Mörvikshummeln and the summit of Åreskutan, but money ran out and the eastern plateau remained the terminus. It has been a listed building since 21 August 2008.

Locals call it simply Bergbanan. Since 2013 the room on the north side of the top station has housed a museum on Åre's tourism history, and the upper floor was once the seasonal quarters of the funicular's operating staff. The cars keep their original chassis, though the wooden bodies were replaced by steel ones in 1958.

The funicular still runs: two 60-passenger cars cover the 792 m between Åre torg (398 m) and Fjällgården (556 m) at 2.1 m/s, taking 8–10 minutes with the stop at Tottvägen (470 m). The hotel Fjällgården has handled evening service in winter and, since 2015, all summer operation. The top station houses the Åre tourism history museum, opened in 2013.

The two cars keep their original chassis, but the bodies were replaced in 1958; the first wooden bodies held 40 passengers and were heated by wood stoves. The four sliding side doors were added for the 1977 World Cup to speed boarding, cutting 16 seats so each car now carries 60 people, 52 of them standing.