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Onar Selmer Onarheim (15 October 1910 – 2 April 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the
Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...
. He was born in
Kvinnherad Kvinnherad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland, along the Hardangerfjorden. The municipality was the 5th in size in former Hordaland county. The administrative centre of the mu ...
. Onarheim served in the position of deputy representative to the
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from
Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...
, during the terms 1961–1965 and 1965–1969. From August to September 1963, he served as the Minister of Fisheries during the short-lived centre-right
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. Onarheim was a member of
Stord Stord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural l ...
municipality council from 1947 to 1964 and 1979 to 1983, serving as mayor since 1954 and deputy mayor in 1982–1983. Onar Onarheim had two adopted children, Onar Onarheim Jr. and Torunn Onarheim Staurset.


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* 1910 births 1988 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Government ministers of Norway Hordaland politicians People from Kvinnherad {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub