Mauritz Andreas Aarflot (April 13, 1821 – March 4, 1904) was a Norwegian editor and member of the

Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

. Aarflot was the son of the editor and '' lensmann '' in Volda

Rasmus Aarflot Rasmus Sivertsen Aarflot (January 17, 1792 – January 19, 1845) was a Norwegian ''lensmann'', editor, and member of the Storting. Rasmus Aarflot was the son of the ''lensmann'' and community educator Sivert Aarflot, and the brother of the writer ...

(1792–1845). He continued his father's printing activity and published the newspapers ''Postbudet for Landalmuen'' (1845–68), ''Norsk landbrugstidende'' (1848–55), and ''Ugebladet'' (1888–1902). Aarflot represented Romsdal County in the Storting from 1854 to 1888, where he was continually an ally of Johan Sverdrup. In 1882, Aarflot published the work ''Odelsbonden om Grundloven i dens Hovedbestemmelser'' (The Allodial Farmer Regarding the Constitution in Its Main Provisions), which was an attempt to respond to the opinion expressed by the faculty of law on the king's right of refusal in constitutional matters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aarflot, Mauritz Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian magazine editors Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Møre og Romsdal People from Volda 1821 births 1904 deaths