| Official Name: | Särna |
| Pushpin Map: | Sweden Dalarna#Sweden |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Älvdalen Municipality |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dalarna County |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Dalarna |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.64 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
| Population Total: | 719 |
| Population Density Km2: | 197 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 61.6833°N 21°W |
Särna (Elfdalian: Sjär’n) is a locality situated in Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 719 inhabitants in 2010.
The two parishes Särna and Idre were originally part of Norway but were occupied by an expedition of Swedish peasants from Älvdalen in 1644. The 1645 Treaty of Brömsebro was ambiguous regarding the status of the parishes, but when the exact path of the border was to be decided in 1751, Norway accepted a border west of Idre and Särna.
During the German occupation of Norway 1940-45 Särna was considered the only safe escape to Sweden because its police was the only reliable anti-Nazi police along the border.
In 1971, the three municipalities Särna, Idre (which itself had been split off from Särna in 1916) and Älvdalen were amalgamated to form the present municipality of Älvdalen.
| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[2] | 75.6 | 856 | 7.4 | 52.2 | 25.2 | 9.2 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 59.6 | 38.0 | ||||
| 1976[3] | 81.7 | 923 | 5.7 | 54.4 | 24.1 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 60.1 | 37.3 | ||||
| 1979[4] | 80.4 | 916 | 4.1 | 57.5 | 21.1 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 61.7 | 36.0 | ||||
| 1982[5] | 83.7 | 949 | 4.3 | 59.2 | 0.4 | 19.8 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 10.1 | 63.3 | 34.6 | |||
| 1985[6] | 75.1 | 832 | 5.0 | 56.1 | 1.6 | 18.3 | 8.3 | 10.5 | 61.2 | 37.0 | ||||
| 1988[7] | 75.6 | 790 | 6.3 | 60.6 | 3.8 | 13.7 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 70.8 | 27.0 | |||
| 1991[8] | 76.4 | 811 | 6.9 | 53.9 | 2.1 | 12.3 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 60.8 | 30.5 | ||
| 1994[9] | 79.9 | 840 | 7.5 | 62.1 | 3.0 | 11.1 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 72.6 | 25.5 | ||
| 1998[10] | 64.1 | 626 | 16.6 | 52.7 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 10.1 | 72.8 | 26.2 | |||
| 2002[11] | 66.4 | 630 | 8.6 | 56.5 | 4.3 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 69.4 | 28.1 | ||
| 2006[12] | 72.5 | 646 | 6.2 | 47.8 | 1.7 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 16.1 | 3.7 | 55.7 | 32.8 | ||
| 2010[13] | 75.7 | 655 | 5.5 | 48.4 | 1.4 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 19.7 | 10.5 | 55.3 | 32.5 | ||
| 2014[14] | 82.2 | 649 | 4.9 | 43.3 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 12.3 | 25.1 | 48.8 | 23.6 | ||
| 2018[15] | 81.0 | 621 | 4.8 | 30.3 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 36.9 | 43.2 | 54.6 |
Särna has a continentally-influenced subarctic climate with mild summers and cold winters. The cold extremes in winter are associated with the high altitude and being the Scandinavian spot farthest from the sea. This in turn also contributes to high diurnal temperature variation and significant frost has been recorded in all months of the year.