Lena is the administrative centre of Østre Toten

Østre Toten

Østre Toten is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena.-Name:...

 municipality, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Lena is the trading center for the municipality and is surrounded by mostly farmland. Its population (2005) is 1,092. Located here are five schools and Toten folk high school

Folk high school

Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...

. Lena is a quite small place even for Norway. In central Lena there are several shops and three schools (higher secondary, lower secondary and primary schools).

The name comes from the Lena River (Lenaelva which flows from Totenåsen, a hilly, forest area north of Hurdal

Hurdal

Hurdal is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hurdal....

 and Hadeland

Hadeland

Hadeland is a traditional district in the south-eastern part of Norway. It is located around the southern part of lake Randsfjorden in Oppland county, and consists of the municipalities of Gran, Jevnaker and Lunner. Hadeland occupies the area north of the hills of Nordmarka close to the Norwegian...

. It travels through the villages of Lena and Skreia

Skreia

Skreia is a village in the municipality of Østre Toten, Norway. Its population is 1,300.-Famous people:*Alv Gjestvang, speed skater*Inger Lise Rypdal, singer*Maj Britt Andersen, singer...

 to Lake Mjøsa

Mjøsa

Mjøsa is Norway's largest lake, as well as one of the deepest lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole, after Hornindalsvatnet. It is located in the southern part of Norway, about 100 km north of Oslo...

 in Østre Toten

Østre Toten

Østre Toten is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena.-Name:...

. The name Lena for the village was first introduced for the railway station in 1902. Lena was a station on the Skreia Line from 1902 to the closure in 1987.