Mauritz Aarflot

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Mauritz Andreas Aarflot (April 13, 1821 – March 4, 1904) was a Norwegian editor and member of the Storting (Parliament). He was the son of Rasmus Aarflot, an editor and local sheriff in Volda. He continued his father’s printing work and published several newspapers: Postbudet for Landalmuen (1845–1868), Norsk landbrugstidende (1848–1855), and Ugebladet (1888–1902). Aarflot represented Romsdal County in the Storting from 1854 to 1888, and was a steady ally of Johan Sverdrup. In 1882 he published Odelsbonden om Grundloven i dens Hovedbestemmelser (The Allodial Farmer Regarding the Constitution in Its Main Provisions), a work responding to the law faculty’s opinions on the king’s right of refusal in constitutional matters.