Betschwanden is a village and former municipality in the municipality of Glarus Süd and Canton of Glarus in Switzerland .

Betschwanden is first recorded in 1240 in the phrase in Beswando.

Until 1395, Betschwanden was obliged to pay tithes and taxes to Säckingen Abbey . At the same time it was part of the parish of Glarus. The village church was built in the Romanesque style in the 14th century. It was rebuilt several times and flood control walls were added in 1779-80.