Toten is a landscape in the eastern part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Østre Toten and Vestre Toten. Some people also include the municipality of Gjøvik in Toten. County Oppland Landscape Toten Municipality NO-0528 Administrative centre Lena Mayor (2003) Hans Seierstad (Sp) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 189 562 km² 486 km² 0. ... The municipality Vestre Toten in the county of Oppland, Norway, had 12,627 inhabitants as of 1 January 2003. ... County Oppland Landscape Toten Municipality NO-0502 Administrative centre Gjøvik Mayor (2003) Tore Hagebakken (Ap) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 165 672 km² 630 km² 0. ...
Toten was a petty kingdom in the early Viking Ages. Petty kingdoms were prominent before the formation of many of todays nation states. ...
Toten today Halfdan Hvitbeinn was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
The combined population of the municipalities Østre and Vestre Toten is approximately 30 000. The largest town is Raufoss, with appr. 6000 inhabitants. Raufoss is located in Vestre Toten. In Østre Toten, Lena is the biggest town with appr. 800 inhabitants. Vestre Toten is the center for industry in Toten. Agriculture is important in all of Toten, but mostly in Østre Toten. In Toten, large forest areas are found. The highest point in Østre Toten in Torsæterkampen (814 meters above sea level), and in Vestre Toten, Lauvhøgda (722 meters above sea level).
The dialect spoken in Toten is North-East Norwegian. It has preserved some archaic elements, like dative case (einn hæst - hæst`n, hæstér - hæstá in nominative, but hæstà - hæstóm in dative). A characteristic of North-East Norwegian dialects is that feminine nouns may end in -u or -o, and masculine nouns may end in -a or -å. Infinitives end in -e, -a and -å.
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf.
Vom replaced Wölli as the drummer in 1999 (Wölli's untimely departure from the band was due to injuries caused by a car accident), who himself had replaced Trini in 1985 and is still an honorary member of the band; Trini became the band's manager.
Die Toten Hosen have collaborated with numerous other musicians (like Bad Religion, AC/DC, U2, Rolling Stones); they are also one of the few German punk bands popular outside of Germany (esp. in South America, Australia, eastern Europe) other notable bands being Die Ãrzte and WIZO.
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