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Mitt Lille Land (2011 Album)
''Mitt lille land'' ("My Little Country") is a 2011 album released by the Norwegian People's Aid and Sony Music as a memorial album for the 2011 Norway attacks. Its name is from the song '' Mitt lille land'' by Ole Paus and includes two versions of this song, performed by Maria Mena and Ole Paus. As of October 2011, it was the best-selling music album in Norway. Track listing # Mitt lille land performed by Maria Mena #Til ungdommen performed by Herborg Kråkevik #Barn av regnbuen performed by Maria Solheim # Eg ser performed by Bjørn Eidsvåg #Kjærlighetsvisa performed by Halvdan Sivertsen # Tyven, tyven performed by Dum Dum Boys # Engler i sneen performed by Jonas Fjeld and Lynni Treekrem #Det fine vi hadd’ sammen performed by DDE #Ei hand å holde i performed by Jørn Hoel # Alt eg såg performed by Sigvart Dagsland #Til dem du e gla o performed by Kråkesølv and Magnus Eliassen # Gje meg handa di, ven performed by Kurt Nilsen and Helene Bøksle #Rose performed by Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Mena
Maria Viktoria Mena (born 19 February 1986) is a Norwegian pop singer, best known for her singles such as " You're the Only One", "Just Hold Me", "All This Time" which charted in multiple countries. Early life Maria Mena was born into an artistic family. Her father is a drummer. There was a common misconception that her mother is a playwright, but Mena debunked this in an interview. Both Maria and her brother, Tony, are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's ''West Side Story''. Her mother is Norwegian and her father is an American of Afro-Nicaraguan descent. Her father played in several bands in Oslo, which influenced Mena to write and record her own music. When Mena was nine years old, her parents divorced. She suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder. When Mena was 13 years old, she moved to live with her father. She sang and wrote lyrics as a form of self-soothing. "My Lullaby", a song from Mena's diary, expresses her pain from her parents' d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haddy N'jie
Haddy Jatou Njie (formerly N'jie; born 25 June 1979 in Oslo) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, writer and journalist. Her father is Gambian and her mother is Norwegian. She grew up in Kolbotn near Oslo and is the eldest of five siblings. Her younger sister is illustrator and picture book writer Lisa Aisato. Career Njie has worked as a reporter for ''Dagsrevyen'' and is a columnist for ''Dagbladet''. She hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with Erik Solbakken and Nadia Hasnaoui. She hosted the annual telethon on Norway's largest TV channel NRK 1 in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013. When Norway held a national ceremony of remembrance on 21 August for the 77 victims of the worst attacks on the country since World War Two, the TV broadcast was hosted by Njie. She also hosted the one year memorial concert on 22 July 2012. In 2011 she hosted the prestigious sports award show Idrettsgallaen from Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre together with Erik Solbakken and in 2012 and 2013 with Anne Rim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gje Meg Handa Di, Ven
Gje (or ) (Ѓ ѓ; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Ѓ is used in Macedonian to represent the voiced palatal plosive . Ѓ is most commonly romanised using the Latin letter G with acute . When the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was part of SFR Yugoslavia, the Macedonian () was also transliterated as ''đ'', ''ģ'', or ''dj''. Words with this letter are often cognate with () in Bulgarian and in Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and .... For example, the Macedonian word for ''birth'' ( is , which in Bulgarian is - , and in Serbian ). Related letters and other similar characters *Ģ ģ: Latin letter G with cedilla - a Latvian letter *Г г: Cyrillic letter Ge *Ђ ђ: Cyrillic letter Dje *Ќ ќ: Cyrillic letter Kje * Ď ď Comput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alt Eg Såg
Alt or ALT may refer to: Abbreviations for words * Alt account, an alternative online identity also known as a sock puppet account * Alternate character, in online gaming * Alternate route, type of highway designation * Alternating group, mathematical group of even permutations * Alternative lifestyle * Alternative rock * Alternative subculture or youth subculture, particularly with regard to fashion or aesthetics ("alt fashion," "alt aesthetics") * Altimeter * Altitude Acronyms and initialisms * Aboriginal Land Trust, a type of organisation in Australia * Alanine transaminase, a liver enzyme of the transaminase family * Alternative lengthening of telomeres, in cellular biology * Approach and Landing Tests, in space transportation * Argon laser trabeculoplasty, a type of glaucoma surgery * Assistant Language Teacher, in Japan * Association for Learning Technology, in Oxford, England * Accelerated life testing, testing a product in excess of its normal service parameters * Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engler I Sneen
Engler is a surname of German origin. Notable people named Engler include: *Adolf Engler (1844–1930), German botanist * Bernd Engler (born 1954), German Anglicist, president of the University of Tübingen * Chris Engler (born 1959), American basketball player * Claire Engler (born 2001), American actress * Daniel Engler (born 1977), American wrestling referee *Hartmut Engler (born 1961), German singer, musician group Pur * Henry Engler (born 1946), Uruguayan neuroscientist *John Engler (born 1948), American politician and businessman, Governor of Michigan *Karl Engler (1842–1925), German chemist, academic and politician * Kevin P. Engler (born 1959), American politician *Michael Engler, American television director *Robert Engler (1922–2007), American political scientist *Selli Engler (1899–1972), German journalist *Steven Engler (born 1962), Canadian religion scholar *Steven Engler (Minnesota politician) (born 1949), American farmer and politician *Tina Engler (born 1972), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyven, Tyven
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Hold My Heart may refer to: * ''Hold My Heart'' (film), a 2002 Norwegian drama film directed by Trygve Allister Diesen * "Hold My Heart" (song), a song by Lindsey Stirling *"Hold My Heart", a song by Steps from the album ''What the Future Holds'' *''Hold My Heart'', an EP by He Is We He Is We is an indie pop band from Tacoma, Washington, fronted by lead singer, Rachel Taylor. Career 2008–2011: Formation and early years Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly met while working at Ted Brown Music Company, a music store in their h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eg Ser
Eg or EG may refer to: In arts and media * ''E.G.'' (EP), an EP by Goodshirt * ''EG'' (magazine), a journal dedicated to chess endgame studies * Eg White (born 1966), a British musician, songwriter and producer * E.G. Records, a music record label * Electric Gardens, a music festival in Faversham, UK * My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, an American toy line and media franchise by Hasbro Businesses and organizations * Enskilda Gymnasiet, a private secondary school in Stockholm, Sweden * Eurographics, European Association for Computer Graphics * Evil Geniuses, an electronic sports team * Japan Asia Airways (IATA code EG) Places * Egypt, a country in Northern Africa * Eg, Afghanistan, a town * Eg (Kristiansand), a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway * Eg River, a river in northern Mongolia * Equatorial Guinea, a small African country In science and technology * .eg, Internet country code top-level domain for Egypt * Envelope generator, used in synthesizers * Ethylene glycol, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Til Ungdommen
''Til ungdommen'' (English: "To the Youth"), also known by the words of the first line ''Kringsatt av fiender'' ("Surrounded by Enemies"), is a poem from 1936 by Norwegian poet and writer Nordahl Grieg (1902–1943) . It was set to music in 1952 by the Danish composer Otto Mortensen (1907–1986). The song has been recorded by various artists and has been sung at meetings held by various organizations. After the terror attacks of 22 July 2011, it was used in many memorial gatherings and services. History The poem was written in 1936 by Nordahl Grieg at Ny-Hellesund in Søgne for use by the Norwegian Students' Society after a request by Trond Hegna (1898–1992) who was a Member of Parliament. The poem is directly inspired by the Spanish civil war, which had broken out the same summer. It was set to music by composer Otto Mortensen in 1952, some nine years after Grieg's death. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitt Lille Land
"Mitt lille land" (in en, "My Little Country" or "My Small Country") is a song by Ole Paus, written in 1994 as a lyrical description of Norway. The song gained strong popularity following the 2011 Norway attacks, which led to it being described by the media as "the new national anthem." According to the NRK, the song "came to symbolize the sorrow many people went through." The song featured most prominently in all the memorial ceremonies following the attacks. The NRK memorial concert (30 July 2011) following the attacks was named "Mitt lille land," and the concert opened with "Mitt lille land" sung by Maria Mena. The national memorial ceremony (21 August 2011) was opened with "Mitt lille land" sung by Susanne Sundfør, followed by a speech by King Harald V. On the Norwegian Constitution Day in 2012, the NRK broadcast was opened with "Mitt lille land." The Norwegian People's Aid and Sony Music released a memorial album titled '' Mitt lille land'' and Gyldendal Norsk Forlag publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Norway Attacks
The 2011 Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22 July ( no, 22. juli) or as 22/7, were two domestic terrorist attacks by neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik against the government, the civilian population, and a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, in which 77 people were killed. The first attack was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Norway, at 15:25:22 (CEST). The bomb was placed inside a van next to the tower block housing the office of the then Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. The explosion killed eight people and injured at least 209 people, twelve severely. The second attack occurred less than two hours later at a summer camp on the island of Utøya in Tyrifjorden, Viken (former Buskerud). The camp was organised by the AUF, the youth wing of the ruling Norwegian Labour Party (AP). Breivik, dressed in a homemade police uniform and showing false identification, took a ferry to the island and opened fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian People's Aid
Norwegian People's Aid ( no, Norsk Folkehjelp) was founded in 1939 to provide post-conflict reconstruction assistance and humanitarian relief during conflicts. NPA is now engaged in more than 33 countries in de-mining, humanitarian relief, promoting democratization; the rights of indigenous people, equality; and fair distribution of power and resources. NPA currently operates de-mineing activities in 16 countries and played a central role in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Convention on Cluster Munitions which was signed in Oslo in 2008. NPA manages refugee reception centres, anti-racism campaigns, volunteer rescue teams, and a volunteer ambulance service. History 1930s Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) was founded on 7 December 1939 as a natural continuation of the work of several Norwegian organizations who had been working to alleviate human suffering during the Spanish Civil War and the Winter War in Finland. 1940s and 1950s During World War II, NPA m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed as Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture known as Sony BMG, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the Sony Music name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
