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

Storting The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list propo ...

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

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Rasmus Aarflot (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 Johan Sverdrup (30 July 1816 – 17 February 1892) was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism. Sverdrup was prime minister from 1884 to 1889. Early year ...

. 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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