Grahm: "Women's hockey makes the same journey as women's soccer"

The study, conducted by Novus, shows that an average male player earns SEK 122,000 a month compared to a female player who earns 5500 on average.

Despite the big difference, Grahm looks positively at the journey that hockey has made on the women's side.

- I think women's hockey makes the same journey as women's soccer has done.

Women's football has been taking huge strides lately, where audience records have replaced each other. 1.7 million Swedes saw Sweden's eighth final against Canada during the World Cup in sormas. In addition, 77,000 were present during the training match between England and Germany in November.

Grahm believes that hockey goes in the same direction and thinks that the women's venture has taken great strides.

- My God, it's really going in the right direction. You just have to watch the TV rights and the matches are broadcast. It goes very well in the right direction, but it is important that everyone pulls their straw to the stack and wants to push this forward. The more people who join and build, the better it will be.

- First and foremost, clubs, the league and the Swedish hockey association must decide which way they want. Then there are small steps that must be done all the time. Things are moving forward and many clubs are working hard to develop, but at the same time all clubs must join.

Novu's report shows that only seven percent of the female players can live on their hockey while 99 percent of the men can. Grahm believes that in the future the common man will be able to live on his hockey in SDHL.

- Absolutely. It's really something we work for in Brynäs anyway. We want to be able to participate and show the way and have it as a goal, even though we have no year for when we should have a professional business.

But it is not only the money that is the big issue. This also applies to access to things around the world, where the report shows that 92 percent of the men surveyed have access to the doctor, compared to 29 percent of the women, which is also the case in Brynäs.

- We do not have access to the same as the men, although we are doing well in Brynäs. For example, we have the same medical team as the men's team, only that they work daily with the men and we have certain days that they are in place for us. We have the support but there should be more 100 support. At the same time, there are clubs in the league that barely even have access to this.

What responsibility do you have to players in this?

- We are not professionals in the payroll account, but it is about making the most professional investment possible. Then it's all about helping for the future.