Majoran Vivekananthan
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Majoran Vivekananthan is a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He migrated from Jaffna
, Sri Lanka
to Bergen
, Norway at the age of eleven, and later moved to Oslo
to take the cand.mag.
degree at the University of Oslo
. He is the editor-in-chief of Utrop
, started as the first online newspaper
for minorities in Norway in 2001. The newspaper was expanded to a paper version in June 2004.
He migrated from Jaffna
Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
to Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway at the age of eleven, and later moved to Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
to take the cand.mag.
Cand.mag.
Candidatus magisterii , Candidata magisterii , i.e. Latin Candidate of Arts, abbreviated cand.mag., is an academic degree used in Denmark, and formerly in Norway and Iceland, roughly corresponding to an American Master of Arts and officially translated as such...
degree at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
. He is the editor-in-chief of Utrop
Utrop
Utrop is a Norwegian biweekly, multicultural newspaper.It was established in 2001 as the first online newspaper for minorities in Norway. The newspaper was expanded to a paper version in June 2004. Editor-in-chief is Majoran Vivekananthan....
, started as the first online newspaper
Online newspaper
An online newspaper, also known as a web newspaper, is a newspaper that exists on the World Wide Web or Internet, either separately or as an online version of a printed periodical....
for minorities in Norway in 2001. The newspaper was expanded to a paper version in June 2004.