Background
He was born in Kristiansand. His father Kristian Haanes was a ship-owner and chairman of the Norwegian Lutheran Mission.
He was born in Kristiansand. His father Kristian Haanes was a ship-owner and chairman of the Norwegian Lutheran Mission.
A lawyer by education, Leif Haanes ran the family shipping company Haanes Rederi. Haanes is known as one of the founders of Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park, and held 25% of the shares until the early 1990s. After meeting with Paul Freed, who told them that a major deal in spreading the Gospel of Christ through an new radiostation at Monte Carlo has been signed. they contributed with a gift to Transport World Radio for the entire first payment (of 5)to start building.
Transport World Radio in Monte Carlo in 1960.
He died in April 2014.
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.