Kappelen (French: Chapelle) is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland .

Kappelen is first mentioned in 1228 as Capella.

The Roman road between Aventicum and Petinesca ran along the present day border of the municipality. During the Middle Ages, one of the major landowners in the village was the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau . The count granted Frienisberg Abbey land in Kappelen in 1225 and 1267. They gave Gottstatt Monastery patronage over the village church in 1247.