Aslak Bolt

{{Short description|Norwegian priest}}

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Aslak Harniktsson Bolt (c. 1380 – 1450) was a 15th-century Norwegian priest who served as Archbishop of the Nidaros.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aslak Harniktsson Bolt |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Aslak_Harniktsson_Bolt |language=Norwegian|accessdate=23 June 2012}}{{cite web|url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/mn/erkebiskoper/22|title= Aslak Bolt (1428-1450)|publisher = Den katolske kirke|author=Olav Martinsen

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His parents were Harnikt Henningsson and Sigrid Aslaksdatter Bolt. His mother was a member of a Norwegian noble family.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Bolt|title= Bolt |publisher= Store norske leksikon|author= Jon Gunnar Arntzen|accessdate= July 15, 2016}}

He served as archbishop of Nidaros from about 1427 to 1450. He is most known for his detailed register of properties and incomes of the archdiocese, commonly known as Aslak Bolt's cadastre (Aslak Bolts jordebok) from 1432 to 1433. The properties listed included thousands of farms, and the survey has been an important and primary historical source from the period.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aslak Harniktsson Bolt |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Audun |last=Dybdahl |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Aslak_Harniktsson_Bolt/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=23 June 2012}}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Aslak_Bolts_jordebok|title= Aslak Bolts jordebok|publisher= Store norske leksikon|accessdate= July 15, 2016}}