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{{Short description|Fictional Swedish town}}
'''Öreskoga''' is a fictional [[town]] in [[Sweden]], where most of the [[Bert-diaries]] take place. [[Bert Ljung]] lives in Öreskoga.
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[[File:Arsta centrum 2007 1.jpg|thumb|240px|The square in the district of [[Årsta district|Årsta]] in Stockholm, here 2007, acted as a [[town square]] in Öreskoga in the 1994 [[Bert (TV series)|Bert TV series]].]]
'''Öreskoga''' is a fictional [[town]] in [[Sweden]], where most of the fictional novels and later TV Series [[Bert-diaries]] take place. The main character of the novels, [[Bert Ljung]], lives in Öreskoga, at ''Klosterstigen 18''. In the books, he lives in a three floors high house with six flats, while he in the TV series live in a [[high-rise]] [[apartment building]], similar to those in [[Hagalund]]. The name Öreskoga is a portmanteau of the hometowns of the authors of the Bert-diaries - [[Sören Olsson]]'s hometown, [[Örebro]], and [[Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson|Anders Jacobsson]]'s hometown, [[Karlskoga]]. Öreskoga is located somewhere between Karlskoga-Örebro.
 
==Geography==
The name Öreskoga is a combination of the hometowns of the authors of the Bert-diaries - [[Sören Olsson]]'s hometown, [[Örebro]], and [[Anders Jacobsson]]'s hometown, [[Karlskoga]].
Outside Öreskoga is the [[lake]] of ''Nöckeln'', where Bert and his friends are swimming and bathing in the [[summer]]time. The cover of the book ''[[Bert och badbrudarna]]'' depicts Bert swimming in the lake. Öreskoga also has a [[urban park|town park]], where Bert and [[Bert diaries#Nadja Nilsson|Nadja]] meet below the old [[oak]] at the end of ''[[Berts dagbok]]'', and where Bert and [[Bert diaries#Emilia Ridderfjell|Emilia]] walk together in the [[summer]]time in ''[[Berts bravader]]''.
 
==Politics and society==
It's not mentioned in which [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] Öreskoga is, but ''[[Berts vidare betraktelser]]'' and ''[[Berts bravader]]'' refer to local government official "Svante Brylén". ''[[Berts bryderier]]'' refers to a newspaper named ''Öreskogas Allehanda''.
 
==Schools==
*Beckaskolan ([[Educational stages|grade level]] 1-9)
*Blåsjöskolan (grade level 1-6)
*Jungbergska skolan (grade level 1-6)
*Österbergsskolan (grade level 1-6)
 
==Sport= clubsBeckaskolan ===
''Beckaskolan'' is a school with the [[Educational stages|grade levels]] 1-9 where Bert and his [[class (education)|class friends]] are. The comics often depicts a [[try square]]d schoolhouse. The 1994 [[Bert (TV series)|TV-series]] shows the "mellanstadium" and "högstadium". Someone has written "bögstadium" (Swedish: gay stage) at the front door.
*Öreskoga-Ishockeyklubb: [[ice hockey]]
*Öreskoga-Kamraternas Idrottsförening: [[football (soccer)]]
 
In the books, class 6 B, Bert's class, has 15 pupils. Klass 6 from Östbergsskolan, consisting of 14 pupils, is merged with Bert's from the 7th grade. The class is then 7-9 A.
==Other facts==
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Outside Öreskoga is the [[lake]] of Nöckeln.
 
In ''Berts bekymmer'', the school is named as the most moldy school in Sweden.
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===Teachers===
*"Banan-Boris", Bert's högstadium (''High School'') [[chemistry]]
*Malte, Henrik Strutz, [[head teacher]]
*Sonja Ek, Berts' mellanstadium (''Middle School'') teacher
 
===Blåsjöskolan===
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Jungbergska skolan is a mellanstadium school, and Gabriella's school, some kilometers away from Bert's hem. In ''[[Berts bekännelser]]'' Bert, who is then in the 8th grade, travels there by [[moped]] to meet Gabriella who's in the 6th grade. He is disguised as a substitute. From the 7th grade she switches to Beckaskolan.
 
*===Jungbergska skolan (grade level 1-6)===
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Jungbergska skolan is a 1-6-school, and Nadja's school. In ''[[Berts första betraktelser]]'', a disco occurs at the school. In the TV series a [[violin concerto]] occurs at the school.
 
From the 7th grade, Nadja switches to Beckaskolan.
 
*===Österbergsskolan (grade level 1-6)===
Österbergsskolan is the school for the pupils who from the 7th grade are merged with Bert's class.
 
==Sports==
In Öreskoga is the sports club ''Öreskoga-Kamraternas Idrottsförening'', where Bert plays [[association football|soccer]], and the name is mentioned in ''[[Bert och brorsorna]]''. The boys' team is led by soccer manager Gordon. ''[[Berts vidare betraktelser]]'' depicts the team playing "Böljas BK". In ''[[Berts bravader]]'', Åke recruits 9 year old Charlie to the 14 yer old's team. In ''[[Berts bekännelser]]'', it's mentioned how the team fought with the spectators in the first game of an important regional tournament during the previous year, and was suspended for several months. This makes Åke angry, and he steals referee's clothes from a dressing room, and judge a girls game using [[rugby football]] rules before facing a black eye in the paus.
 
In Öreskoga is also ''Öreskoga Ishockeyklubb'', which Åke blames for [[racism]] not touching the "black puck" in [[Berts ytterligare betraktelser]],<ref>{{cite book | author = Anders Jacobsson, Sören Olsson | title = Berts ytterligare betraktelser | date = 1991 | language = Swedish | page = 142 | chapter = Torsdag 9 november}}</ref> in ''[[Berts bryderier]]'' they play Bollehult.
 
==See also==
*[[Glimmerdagg]], the main setting for the [[Sune Andersson (fiction)|Sune series]].
 
==References==
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