In 2011 Mena recorded her version of " Mitt lille land " ( My Little Country ) by Ole Paus as part of a project by the Norwegian TV channel TV2 . On 23 July , the day after the Norway terrorist attacks and after requests from her Norwegian audience , Mena uploaded her version of the song to the streaming site SoundCloud . It quickly became an anthem in memory of the victims of the attacks . She contributed to the album '' Mitt lille land '' , performing one of two versions of the title track ( the other was performed by Ole Paus ) . As of 2011 Mena had sold a total of 700,000 copies of her albums , and half of those copies had been sold in Norway
Norway terrorist attacks
2011 Norway attacks
Maria Mena