Rasmus Aarflot

Rasmus Sivertsen Aarflot (January 17, 1792 – January 19, 1845) was a Norwegian lensmann, editor, and member of the Storting.

He was the first postmaster in Volda, and starting in 1816 its lensmann.

[1] Rasmus Aarflot took over his father's print shop and published various periodicals to promote community education (e.g., Norsk Landboeblad).

He represented Romsdal County in the Storting in 1824, 1827–1828, 1833, and 1839.

[2] Rasmus Aarflot was a close acquaintance of the philologist Ivar Aasen; it was through Aarflot's book collection that the young Aasen had access to his first reading material.