Jon Haukeland

Jon Norman Haukeland (born 18 March 1953) is a Norwegian ice hockey coach and administrator. He was the first sport director of the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association, and was later its general secretary. He was central to establishment of player development programs, and sought to increase participation and ice rinks in the country, and held several roles with Norway's national teams. He represented the association at the Winter Olympic Games and the Ice Hockey World Championships, sat on multiple International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) committees, and coordinated the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge. He received the Paul Loicq Award from the IIHF in 2025, for contributions to international hockey.

Norwegian Ice Hockey Association Jon Norman Haukeland was born on 18 March 1953, in Oslo, Norway. During this time, he was an instructor at minor ice hockey clinics in Norway.

Wanting to develop ice hockey with Norway, Haukeland sought to increase player registrations, and the number of ice rinks. The country had fewer than 10,000 players in 2013, the same year that the NIHA announced plans to construct 30 new indoor rinks within the years. Working with the Ministry of Culture and Equality to increase funding for construction, Haukeland oversaw distribution of grants to cities seeking to build rinks. While hockey was Norway's largest spectator sport indoors, he noted that viewership for televised hockey was lacking.

When the NIHA wanted to include a professional team from Northern Norway into the Norwegian league system, teams from South Norway rejected the proposal and threatened to withdraw due to increased travel. Haukeland felt it challenging to integrate Tromsø Hockey, and collaborated with the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and Finnish Ice Hockey Association to find leagues for teams based on geography. Amid calls for the winning team of the Norwegian Second Division to gain automatic promotion to the Norwegian First Division, Haukeland defended the system of applying for promotion since it ensured that teams are prepared financially and talentwise, and he noted that several clubs declined promotion to a higher level.

Haukeland held several roles with Norway's national teams, and represented the NIHA at the Winter Olympic Games and the Ice Hockey World Championships. During his tenure, the men's national team has played at the top tier of the Ice Hockey World Championships since 2006. He remained a special advisor on player development until 2019. international competition (2008–2012), development and coaching (2013–2016), and youth and junior development (2016–2021). In coordination with Zoltán Kovács and others, he oversaw annual tournaments in the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge for national teams.

Haukeland received the Paul Loicq Award in 2025, the highest individual award from the IIHF for contributions to international hockey. He became the second Norwegian to receive a lifetime honor from the IIHF, after Tore Johannessen was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.