Editing Vestre Toten (section)

==History==
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According to the [[saga]]s, [[Halfdan Hvitbeinn]] ''(Whiteleg)'' was the first [[Yngling]] in Norway. He conquered [[Romerike]], part of [[Hedmark]], part of [[Vestfold]], and [[Toten]]. He was killed in Toten around the year 740.<ref name="Stagg">{{Cite book |last=Stagg |first=Frank Noel |url=https://archive.org/details/eastnorwayitsfro00stag |title=East Norway and its Frontier |publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. |year=1956}}</ref>

In 1021, according to saga, [[Olaf II of Norway|King Olaf]] (reigned 1015–1028) converted Toten to [[Christianity]]. Also, King [[Haakon IV of Norway|Håkon IV]] (reigned 1217–1263) came to Toten around the year 1226 to settle local unrest.<ref name="Stagg" />

[[Christian II of Denmark|Christian II]] (1481–1559) was a Danish monarch and King of [[Denmark]] and Norway from 1513 to 1523 and also the King of [[Sweden]] from 1520 to 1521, under the [[Kalmar Union]]. Prior to becoming king, Duke Christian was sent to Norway in 1506 by [[John, King of Denmark|John II]] (also called Hans), King of Norway (1483–1513) to take charge of the kingdom. In 1507, he became aware of a revolt in Hedmark. In early 1508, he took a force there, routing the rebellion. He then rowed across lake [[Mjøsa]] to Toten, capturing residents, imprisoning them in the vaulted cellar of the [[rectory]] in Østre Toten and torturing them there. As a result, he determined that Bishop Karl of [[Hamar]] had been behind the rebellion. With Bishop Karl as his captive, he was able to suppress the unrest.<ref name="Stagg" />

Toten was a part of [[Akershus]] county until 1756, when it became part of [[Oppland]] county. [[Lauritz Weidemann]], Corporal Peder Balke, and Nels Dyhren from Toten attended the [[Riksforsamlingen|1814 constitutional convention]] at [[Eidsvoll|Eidsvold]].<ref name="Stagg" />