Guggisberg (Bernese German Guggishbärg [ˈgʊkisbærg]) is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.

[3] The next earliest reference to the community dates from 1148, when Guggisberg (spelled Cucansperc) was mentioned in a document of Pope Eugene III.

In 1423 the territory was divided in two and sold by Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy to Bern and Fribourg.

In the early 19th century the village of Guggisberg was known as destination for tourists due to the view of the Guggershorn and other surrounding mountains.

However, in 1819 the canton began moving many landless poor (Allmendsiedler literally: Common land settler) into the municipality.

Many farmers had to sell their grazing rights (Alprechte) while others moved to America to escape the poverty.

It stretches from the Sense River (the border with the Canton of Fribourg) to the hill country around the Stockhorn mountain chain.

In the south the municipality rises into the mountains and includes an alpine and forestry zone as well as the hamlet of Sangernboden.

The northern part of the municipality is flatter and features fields, villages, hamlets and individual farm houses (including Riffenmatt, Kalchstätten, Riedstätt, Kriesbaumen, Laubbach) at an elevation of 860–1,120 meters (2,820–3,670 ft).

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,628 or 98.1%) as their first language, English is the second most common (6 or 0.4%) and French is the third (5 or 0.3%).

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 261, of which 220 were in agriculture and 42 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 13 or 10.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 16 or 12.5% were in the movement and storage of goods, 36 or 28.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 1.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 14.8% were in education and 32 or 25.0% were in health care.

[22] From the 2000 census[update], 1,315 or 79.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 77 or 4.6% were Roman Catholic.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[18] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Girl in local Costume proper statant on a Mount of 2 Coupeaux Vert holding in dexter a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper and slipped and leaved Vert.

[25] The Trifelers Babis Stöckli house at Dorf 74 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire village of Guggisberg is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.