Johannes Aarflot

Johannes Amundsson Aarflot (29 October 1824 – 3 November 1891) was a Norwegian businessman and member of the Norwegian Parliament.

Aarflot was born on the farm Årflot at Ørsta (Aarflot i Ørsta) in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was the son of Amund Knutsson Aarflot (1788–1860) and his wife, Berte Canutte Aarflot (1795–1859) who was a Christian hymnwriter in the Haugean tradition (haugianere). From 1841 he was an employee at a bookstore in Ålesund. In 1860, he opened his own bookstore, Aarflots Bokhandel (now Ark Aarflot).[1][2][3]

He was a member of the city council in Alesund during 1861. He served as the mayor of the town in 1864, 1876–81 and 1883-91. He also served as one of the Settlement Commissioners (Forlikskommissær) on the District Conciliation Board (Forliksråd ) from 1870. Aarflot became a member of the Norwegian Parliament from the Conservative Party, representing Aalesund og Molde during four terms (1868-1869, 1871-1873, 1880–82, 1889-1891).[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Hallgeir Elstad. "haugianere". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Aarflot in Ørsta herad i Møre og Romsdal". Matrikkelutkastet av 1950. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Aarflot". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Forlikskommisjon (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
  5. ↑ "Johannes Aarflot" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  6. ↑ Fet, Jostein. "Berte Canutte Aarflot". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

Other sources

  • Grytten, Ola H. (2010). Andresen, Nils A., ed. "Protestantisk etikk og entreprenørskapets ånd" [The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Entrepreneurship]. Minerva (in Norwegian). Oslo: Conservative Students' Association. 86 (4): 72. ISSN 0805-7842. OCLC 477895639.


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