Leif Haanes

Leif Haanes (10 September 1932 – 5 April 2014)^[1] was a Norwegian ship-owner and Christian leader.

He was born in Kristiansand.^[2] His father Kristian Haanes was a ship-owner and chairman of the Norwegian Lutheran Mission.^[3] A lawyer by education, Leif Haanes ran the family shipping company Haanes Rederi.^[2]

As a Christian leader, he served as chairman of the Norwegian Christian Student and School Association from 1977 to 1983, was a finance committee member of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students for twenty years and chaired the Norwegian Santal Mission from 1984 to 1993.^[2]

Haanes is known as one of the founders of Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park, and held 25% of the shares until the early 1990s.^[4] After meeting with Paul Freed, who told them that a major deal in spreading the Gospel of Christ through a new radiostation at Monte Carlo has been signed. they contributed with a gift to Trans World Radio for the entire first payment (of 5) to start building. Trans World Radio in Monte Carlo in 1960.^[3] He died in April 2014.^[2]