Help us to help
The Börje Salming ALS Foundation contributes to finding a curative treatment for ALS.
Thanks for everything!
It is so tragic that Borje Salming now is gone. An icon and a legend we will never forget. All our thoughts to his family in this sad moment. RIP 21 you will for ever be missed but we will never forget you. Great as a player but even greater as a person. 
- Rikard Josefson
Chairman, Börje Salming ALS Stiftelse
Purpose of the foundation
The foundation shall fulfill its purpose partly by providing financial support to prominent researchers in Sweden or abroad.
Research
Börje Salming’s ALS foundation aims to promote medical scientific research to increase understanding and improve the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS. The foundation will also create initiatives whose purpose is to facilitate and provide support for those affected and their relatives.
Family center
The foundation shall fulfill its purpose partly by providing financial support to prominent researchers in Sweden or abroad, partly by providing financial support that contributes in various ways to spreading knowledge about ALS and providing support to sufferers and their relatives. The vision is to create a center where victims and relatives can receive support.
Börje Salming
Börje Salming is one of Sweden’s greatest ice hockey players of all time and he had his breakthrough in Brynäs in the early 1970s. In 1973, Salming left Sweden for the NHL and Toronto, where during his 16 years he gained icon status.
Börje has recently struggled with his health. On August 10, 2022, he announced in a statement via the Toronto Maple Leafs that he had been diagnosed with ALS.
I have received news that shook my family and me. The signs I got that something was wrong with my body turned out to be ALS. Everything then changed at once. I don’t know how the future will be, but I understand that I will have to face challenges that are greater than those I have received before.
– Börje Salming, 2022
Help us in the fight against ALS
Today, there is no curative treatment for ALS. We want to change that. In order to get funds to realize the foundation’s objectives, we need to create the conditions for this, and we can do that together with generous private individuals and companies.
Help us in the fight against ALS
Today, there is no curative treatment for ALS. We want to change that. In order to get funds to realize the foundation’s objectives, we need to create the conditions for this, and we can do that together with generous private individuals and companies.
With the foundation, I want to fight ALS so that others will be spared this horrid disease.
- Börje Salming
For me, our foundation means a great deal. We want to draw attention to ALS and contribute to research to find a cure, as well as be a support for families going through the life crisis that ALS entails.
- Teresa Salming
Börjes daughter
Our goal is to find a cure for this terrible disease for everyone affected and for their families to receive support and help. Healthcare needs to create a system for those affected, regardless of age, geography or needs.
- Pia Salming
Börjes wife
Being able to help in the work of supporting research and those affected by ALS feels important. I am extremely grateful and honored to be involved in this important work.
- Rikard Josefson
CEO, Avanza Bank
It feels important and valuable to contribute to something that makes a difference.
- Karin Karlström
Initiator & founder of Börje Salming ALS-stiftelse
I feel tremendously honoured and responsible to be able to contribute to the Foundation's work.
- Ulf Hedin
Professor, Senior Physician, Karolinska institutet
I want to support and contribute to the foundation because it feels important to make a contribution.
- Nicklas Lidström
Detroit Red Wings VP of Hockey Operations
I want to contribute to creating better conditions and find a cure for ALS.
- Billy Ydefjäll
Fundraising manager, Hjärtebarnsfonden
It is absolutely a matter of course for me to help fight ALS.
- Peter Forsberg
Vice Chairman, Swedish Ice Hockey Association
