Börje Salming

Börje Salming paved the way for later generations of Swedish players in the NHLArticle in SVT SportRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Börje SalmingArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose recalled playing informal childhood hockey around Matojärvi in Kiruna before joining Kiruna AIF, in earlier interviews republished by Hockeysverige in 2026. When the lights went off at Matojärvi, they carried on playing street hockey, he saidArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. AIF’s club history names him as part of the junior team in the 1966/67Article in Kiruna AIFRead the sourceClose season.

In the republished interviews, Salming also remembered playing football, bowling and handball alongside hockeyArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. He spoke, too, about his friendship with Rolf ÄlveroArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, who played for rival club IFK.

Looking back on his time at Brynäs in a 2016 interview with Hockeysverige, Salming highlighted the care Tommy SandlinArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose took with individual players. He recalled being given greater responsibility in his second and third seasons at the clubArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Before moving to Toronto, he and Inge Hammarström spent a month practising their skating in Sweden, he said in the same interviewArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

The foundation bearing Börje Salming’sArticle in Börje Salming ALS FoundationRead the sourceClose name supports ALS research and initiatives for affected people and their relatives. According to the foundation, gatherings under its Ge tillbaka initiative began in October 2024Article in Börje Salming ALS FoundationRead the sourceClose.