Lena is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located about to the southwest of the village of Kapp and the lake

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. The village has a population (2021) of 1,245 and a

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of . The urban area of Lena also includes part of the village of Kraby, just to the east. Lena is a commercial center for the municipality and is surrounded by mostly farmland. In central Lena, there are several shops and three schools (upper secondary, lower secondary, and primary schools). Toten

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

is also located in Lean. The distance from Lena to Oslo is roughly (as the crow flies) and by road. The town of Gjøvik is away and Norway's largest airport,

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(OSL), is by road. The villages of

Lensbygda Lensbygda is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about to the east of the village of Kolbu, about south of the villages of Lena and Kraby, and about to the west of the village of Skreia. ...

and

Skreia Skreia is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the large lake Mjøsa, about southeast of the village of Lena and about to the south of the village of Kapp. In the s ...

lie to the southeast,

Kolbu Kolbu is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the traditional region of Toten, about to the southwest of the village of Lena, the administrative centre of the municipality. The village l ...

is to the southwest, Sletta and

Nordlia Nordlia is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of the lake Mjøsa, about to the southeast of the town of Gjøvik, about to the northwest of the village of Kapp, and about ...

are to the northwest, and Kapp is to the northeast.

Name

The village name comes from the local river, ''Lenaelva'', which flows from Totenåsen (a hilly, forested area north of

Hurdal Hurdal is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is t ...

and

Hadeland Hadeland () is a traditional district in the southeastern part of Norway. It is centered on the southern part of the large lake Randsfjorden in Innlandet and Viken counties. The district consists of the municipalities Gran in Innlandet county ...

). The river travels through the villages of Lena and

to the lake

. In 1902 when the railway station was built, the station was named ''Lena'' (after the river) and since then the village area that grew up around the station became known as Lena. Lena Station was located along the

Skreia Line 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 ...

from 1902 until its closure in 1987.

References

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