Leif Frode Onarheim (23 August 1934 – 9 September 2021) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.
He took his higher education at various institutions, including one year at the Valdosta State College from 1955 to 1956, but from 1957 he studied at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration,[1] graduating with the siv.øk.
[2] He was also the chair of H. Aschehoug & Co from 1991 to 2001, Narvesen from 1993 to 2001, Netcom from 1995 to 2001, Sponsor Service from 2000 to 2001, Løvenskiold Vækerø from 2000 to 2007[1] as well as Norges Varemesse,[2] Helly Hansen, Bjølsen Valsemølle, Nidar Bergene, Idun, Nora Mineralvann,[4] Nora Eiendom, Norgeskreditt and Vingmed Holding.
He was also the acting chief executive of Marine Harvest from 2007 to 2008, as well as a member of the board of Akershus University Hospital and Innovation Norway from 2006.
[1] In January 2010 he became acting deputy chairman of Marine Harvest, as Svein Aaser suddenly stepped down.
[6] In 2007 he agreed, somewhat surprisingly, to be a part of the Conservative Party ballot in Asker for the 2007 local election.
[3] As of 2007 he was the wealthiest politician in the municipalities Asker and Bærum, ahead of businessman and fellow Conservative representative Stein H.