Together we take on the fight against ALS.
Borje Salming ALS Foundation helps to find a cure for ALS
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Let's end ALS together - your contribution makes a difference
Stopping and curing ALS requires research. Progress has been made, but more money is needed. Borje Salming ALS Foundation supports ALS research and provides support to sufferers and relatives. Become a monthly donor today. Together we will stop ALS once and for all.
An Evening for Börje
An Evening for Börje is our gala evening to honor the memory of Borje Salming and raise awareness of the need for research funds in the fight against ALS. In April 2023, An Evening for Börje was organized for the first time and in 2025 we repeated it for the third year in a row!
Karin Karlström and Rikard Josefson welcome you to this year's An Evening for Börje. David Lindgren gives instructions about hockey jerseys and the evening's auctions to benefit ALS research, and Pia Salming talks about the year that has passed and what the foundation has achieved and wants to achieve.
Stig Salming is named MVP, most valuable player, by the Borje Salming ALS Foundation for his outstanding and tireless work to promote ALS and meet people with a big heart and love. Mats Sundin and Nicklas Lidström pay tribute to Stigge on stage.
Round 21 is a significant activity for the Borje Salming ALS Foundation, which started shortly after Borje Salming passed away from ALS in 2022.
Erik Ryman, Sports Director Hockeyallsvenskan and Anders Larsson, Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, on the importance of ice hockey standing behind and continuing to support ALS research and those affected and their families.
News
The latest from the Foundation, activities and research in ALS
En minnesvärd kväll med Mats Sundin och hans bok Tur och retur
Helgen bjöd på ett fullsatt författarsamtal i Börje Salming ALS-stiftelsens regi.
Omgång 21 gav 266 000 kr till Börje Salming ALS-stiftelse
Hockeysverige gick samman under Omgång 21 och samlade in fantastiska 266 000 kronor.
Peter Näslund ny ledamot Börje Salming ALS-stiftelse
Advokat Peter Näslund tar plats som ledamot i styrelsen för Börje Salming ALS-stiftelse.
Events
Many associations, companies and private individuals carry out an activity and at the same time collect money for the Borje Salming ALS foundation. We welcome all such initiatives.
Read more and sign up for upcoming events in the Event Calendar.
Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén supports the fight against ALS
Micael Bydén is Sweden's commander-in-chief and also a long-time friend of Börje Salming. Micael has experienced when colleagues and friends have contracted ALS. Micael is one of our fantastic ambassadors for the foundation.
“We must put an end to this crap”
Börje Salming
Vilken dag! 💛💙
Vi vill rikta ett enormt varmt och ödmjukt TACK till alla som bidrog till att Legends-dagen blev så oförglömlig. Till spelarna som hedrade isen, publiken som fyllde arenan med kärlek, SIF som arrangör och alla som stöttat på olika sätt – vi är djupt tacksamma.
Det blev en dag fylld av glädje, minnen och gemenskap, precis så som vi önskade. Börjes anda lever vidare genom allt detta, och tillsammans gör vi skillnad.
Tack från oss alla i stiftelsen ! ❤️
More research on ALS - a crucial task
ALS is a cruel disease and more research is needed to understand how and why the disease occurs.
Allocation of Research Grants 2023
Five researchers from Karolinska Institutet, KTH, Umeå University, and the University of Gothenburg have been awarded research grants to investigate the onset of ALS, new treatment methods, and improvements in care for those affected, as well as support for families.
About Borje Salming ALS Foundation
The Borje Salming ALS Foundation aims to advance medical scientific research to increase understanding and improve the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS. The Foundation will also create initiatives to provide support to those affected and their relatives.
The Foundation provides financial support to researchers for basic and patient-related research projects focused on the study of the causes of ALS, the development of new methods in the medical treatment of the disease, and projects for innovative solutions that facilitate the care of ALS patients.
Thank you for your support
We are overwhelmed by the love and generosity that Borje Salming ALS Foundation has received since its inception in autumn 2022.
When we started the foundation, it was Börjes and the Salming family's clear will and desire to support ALS research and the relatives of those affected, and that work has only just begun. Let's solve the ALS riddle together. No more shall suffer.
Thank you for your support!
Richard Josefson
Support from the NHL
The NHL has shown great support towards the Borje Salming ALS Foundation. In early 2023, the NHL, the National Hockey Leauge Players' Association and NHL Alumni contributed just over one million SEK to the foundation.
Bill Daly. deputy commissioner of the NHL, posted the following video greeting to everyone involved in the fight against ALS the spring.
Here is more to read about NHL and the support of the Borje Salming ALS Foundation.
The foundation's purpose and goals
The foundation fulfills its purpose by providing financial support to prominent ALS researchers and supporting ALS sufferers and their relatives
Research
The Borje Salming Foundation aims to promote medical scientific research to increase understanding and improve the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Support for victims and relatives
The foundation will contribute to spreading knowledge about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The foundation will also create initiatives to facilitate and provide support to ALS sufferers and their relatives.
Research on ALS
The fight against ALS requires more research.
Ulf Hedin talks about the first meeting with Börje, when a drug might exist and why more research is needed.
The foundation's scientific council is composed of experts in Swedish brain research with knowledge and experience of both experimental and patient-based research.
ALS researcher Anna Månberg, Royal Institute of Technology, talks about the research Protein markers for prediction of disease development and survival in ALS.
Börje Salming
Börje Salming is one of Sweden's greatest ice hockey players of all time and broke through 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 struggled for a time with his health and on August 10, 2022, he announced in a statement via the Toronto Maple Leafs that he had suffered from ALS.
I have received news that shook my family and me. The signs I received that something was wrong with my body turned out to be ALS. Everything then changed at once. I don't know what the future will be like, but I understand that I will face challenges that are greater than the ones I have been given before.
Börje Salming
The people behind the Borje Salming ALS Foundation
The Board
Our aim is to find a cure for this terrible disease for all those affected and for their relatives to receive support and help. Healthcare needs to create a system for sufferers, regardless of age, geography or need.
To me, our foundation means a lot. We want to draw attention to ALS and contribute to research to find a cure, as well as support families going through the life crisis that ALS entails.
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.
It feels important and valuable to contribute to something that makes a difference.
I feel tremendously honored and responsible to be involved in contributing to the foundation's work.
Jag vill vara med och stötta och bidra till stiftelsen för det känns betydelsefullt att göra en insats.
Det var smärtsamt att se hur snabbt Börje bröts ned av sjukdomen. Det behövs mer forskning inom området och för det krävs det initiativ som Börje Salming ALS-stiftelse.
Det är absolut en självklarhet för mig att hjälpa till att bekämpa ALS.
Det här är Börje Salmings egen stiftelse. Därför är det oerhört hedrande att få möjligheten att arbeta i Börjes namn med att bekämpa ALS.
Stiftelsen har en otrolig potential och jag kommer att arbeta för att den blir ännu mer välkänd utanför hockey- och idrottssammanhang.
