Scandinavian Sport Management

SSM-Team:

Harald Lone    Family Adviser 

Harald is a director, partner and founder of SSM. He is a former NCAA United States Collegiate Ski Association (USCSA) alpine skier. He was the team captain and MVP.  Harald also played basketball and played in the 1st division and represented his country on the junior national team.  Harald is a certified coach with the Norwegian and Swedish Ice Hockey Association. He has coached junior hockey extensively in Scandinavia.  

Harald received an MBA; post-graduate Finance Management Program from Stanford University Graduate School of Business;

Postgraduate degree in Laws, University of London;

Bachelor of Art, St Olaf College;

Coach certificate level 2 from the Swedish Ice Hockey Association;

Coach certificate level 3 from the Norwegian Icehockey Federation (NIHF);

Athlete Management (Sports Agent) Certificate from Sport Management World Wide.

Jan Asplund    Swedish Licensed Player Agent

Jan is adirector, partner and founder of SSM, and has extensive hockey experience having been involved in the hockey business for more than 45 years as both an elite player and a coach at the elite level. Jan played for more than 15 years for teams Piteå, Brynas, Västerås and MoDo in the Swedish Elite Series and Allsvenskan. He has 3 Swedish championships in the SHL with Brynäs, a bronze medal with Team Sweden at the European jr. Championships in Grenoble 1975, played 26 games for The Sweden National team and 11 for the Swedish Jr. National team. He was drafted by Chicago Blackhawks in 1975.

Jan has specialized courses in ice hockey coaching;

Coach Certificate level 3 from Swedish Ice Hockey Association;

Hockey College Örnsköldsvik 10p;

Umeå University Coaching course 40p;

Coaching, medicine, physiology, methodology, psychology.