Sivert Aarflot

[1][2] He also established a Sunday school here in 1802, where teaching in the natural sciences had a prominent place, and he made his book collection available to the general public.

[1] Sivert Aarflot was one of the first Norwegians to write about house marks, in his article "Om nogle af Hovedkaraktererne iblandt de saakaldte gamlævis Bumærkji, som ellers heder Runebogstaver" (Regarding Some of the Main Characteristics among the So-Called Old-Fashioned House Marks, Otherwise Called Runic Characters), published in Norsk Landboeblad in 1811.

Aarflot himself had made observations about the relationship between the Sunnmøre dialect and Old West Norse, and this may have inspired the young Aasen.

[6] On December 22, 1807, Aarflot wrote a lengthy request to the king in Copenhagen asking permission to start his own print shop.

In addition, he made it clear that he planned to publish a weekly newspaper called The Village Gazette for Norway ("Et Ugeblad Kaldet: Landboebladet for Norge").