Abstract: Disclosed are a damper switch mounted on a damper having a blade opening/closing structure to open/close blades of the damper, and a damper including the same. The damper switch configured to open/close a plurality of blades of a damper according to the present invention includes a rotating part mounted on a damper shaft of the damper and rotated together with the damper shaft, a driving part configured to provide a power for rotating the rotating part, and a controller configured to measure a load applied to the driving part when the blades are closed, and interrupt an electric power supplied to the driving part when the measured load is not less than a predetermined value.