Sivert Aarflot was the farmer son with 22 days of schooling, who became one of the foremost public enlighteners in North-West Norway. Aarflot's thirst for knowledge was wide: from practical land cultivation to theoretical astronomy. The knowledge was to be shared and communicated further. He became a teacher and sheriff and founded both a library, a printing house and the newspaper Norsk Landboeblad. 

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The newspaper is still published in Volda under the name Møre. The Sivert Aarflot Museum, located at Ekset in Volda municipality, where he lived and ran a printing house, tells the story of this pioneer and popular enlightener.The Sivert Aarflot Museum is part of the regional museum Viti.

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+47 70 23 90 00

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Photo: Marius Beck Dahle

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