Lena, Norway

Lena is a village in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, about to the southwest of the village of Kapp and lake Mjøsa.
The village has a population of and a population density 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. Toten folk high school is also located in Lena. The distance from Lena to Oslo is roughly and by road. The town of Gjøvik is away and Norway's largest airport, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is by road. The villages of Lensbygda and Skreia 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. The river travels through the villages of Lena and Skreia to lake Mjøsa. In 1902, when the railway station was built, the station was named Lena, 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.