Bardu (Northern Sami: Beardu suohkan[5] and Kven: Perttulan komuuni) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

The military is the municipality's largest employer and more than 1,000 young soldiers perform their duty service here each year.

The world's most northern zoo, Polar Park, is located in the southern part of the municipality.

[8] On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmark county.

An alternate explanation is that "Bardo" is a corruption of the old Norwegian male name Berto or Berdo (Old Norse: Bergþórr).

The official blazon is "Or, a wolverine statant sable" (Norwegian: I gull en gående svart jerv.).

The field (background) has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Bardu is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

This is caused by mountains usually blocking the milder, coastal air from reaching the Bardu valley.