Ottestad

Ottestad is a village in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village centre is located about north of the village of Stangebyen and about south of the village of Bekkelaget. The whole northern part of Stange, surrounding the village centre, is often referred to as Ottestad as well. Ottestad Church is located in the village.
Ottestad had a station on the Dovre Line railway until 1983. The station was named "Ottestadbyen". The Migration Museum and Sanderud Psychiatric Hospital are both located in Ottestad.

Naming tradition

Historically, the families who lived on the Ottestad farm took that farm name as their surname. The name is a protected surname in Norway since fewer than 200 people have it. In 2021, there were 197 people living in Norway with Ottestad as their surname.