Schwanden bei Brienz (until 1911 officially named Schwanden) is a municipality in the Interlaken -Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland .

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per Pile Or and Gules three Pales wavy Argent.

Schwanden is a name of a clearing, that was applied to the settlement built there. The name goes back to the Swiss German Schwand- ("clearing"). The added "bei Brienz" was added in 1911 to ease distinction with the municipality Schwanden in the Canton of Glarus , and numerous villages across Switzerland. The first historical appearance of the place was in 1524.

During the Middle Ages it was part of the Herrschaft of Ringgenberg .