Kraby is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located about east of the village of

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along

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. The village is named after the local farmsteads named Kraby.

Hoff Church Hoff Church ( no, Hoff kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kraby, just east of the municipal centre of Lena. It is the church for the Hoff pa ...

is located in the village. Kraby became a stopping point with the opening of the

Skreiabanen The Skreia Line ( no, Skreiabanen) is an abandoned railway line between Reinsvoll and Skreia in Toten, Norway. The 21.97 kilometer long single track rail was a branch line from the Gjøvik Line. History The line was opened on 26 November 19 ...

railway line in 1902, and the ''village name'' Kraby came into use. A post office (2855 Kraby) was opened next to the station in 1907. In addition, some small businesses opened in Kraby. In 1916, the ''Festiviteten'' was opened, now known as ''Teten''. After the

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, further building took place in Kraby. Along the highway near the historic stone church,

, the ''Fostadjordet'' residential area was built. In the 1980s, the municipality built an industrial area called ''Krabyskogen'', a short distance south of Kraby. The railway station building at Kraby was designed by the architect

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. It was staffed from the start in 1902, but it has not been operational since 1964. This was due to the drop in passenger numbers on the Skreiabanen line. In 1975, the station and the post office closed. After a period of standing empty, the station building was restored, and in 2002, the building won the Fortidsminneforeningen's protection prize.

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Østre Toten Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub