Lena is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in

Innlandet Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...

county, Norway, about to the southwest of the village of Kapp and lake

Mjøsa Mjøsa is the largest lake in Norway and the fourth deepest in Norway and Europe. It is located in the southern part of Norway, about north of the city of Oslo. Its main tributary is the river Gudbrandsdalslågen flowing in from the north; the ...

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

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

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'') are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and i ...

is also located in Lena. 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, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), is by road. The villages of Lensbygda 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, Norway, Lena and about to the south of the village of Ka ...

lie to the southeast, Kolbu is to the southwest, Sletta and Nordlia 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 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 Akershus counties. The district consists of the municipalities Gran in Innlandet cou ...

). The river travels through the villages of Lena and

to 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 from 1902 until its closure in 1987.

References

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