Tonight there will be a party in Stockholm in memory of Borgje Salming.
Ambassador Walther Skarsgård, 27, present.
– I want to do everything I can to raise money so that it doesn’t affect more people than it actually does, he says.
On November 24, 2022, Borgie Salming died of the nerve disease ALS, at the age of 71.
In the previous months, he and his family had set up the Börje Salming ALS Foundation to support research into this disease.
It has so far collected around SEK 14 million.
auction
Tonight, that number will increase.
In Burns central Stockholm, a gala is taking place on Wednesday evening, “An Evening for Purée”, with the aim of honoring the Swedish ice hockey icon and at the same time raising funds. The collection is made in collaboration with the auction site Tradera.
Also among the auctions at Tradera is Börje Salming’s sports bike, an exhibition match between table tennis legends Jan-Ove Waldner and Mikael Appelgren, and his hand-knitted “Stenmarks hat”.
At the site is actor Walter Skarsgård, who is an ambassador for the foundation.
– For me, it was a matter of course to become an ambassador when I was asked. He says I want to do everything I can to raise money so that it doesn’t affect more people than it already does.
Filmed in Toronto
The hockey icon’s life will become a series on Viaplay, and it’s Skargård who plays the lead role as Börje.
– It’s been a crazy ride, I’m so thankful I got this chance. The relationship with Börje and all the time I’ve been on this means we’ve got a solid relationship, me and him. The fact that he later fell ill and sadly passed away in the middle of recording boosted all the sentiments tremendously.
When news of his death arrived on November 24, Skarsgård himself was in Toronto filming the upcoming series.
– We were free at that time. We were lucky we weren’t filming that day.