the start of the 1950s went as well as the 1940s had. the club won division 4 in 1950 and when they won division 3 in 1951 they went from a local club to be known as a "comet team" in the national media. the club fought for a place in allsvenskan in 1953 but saw themselves defeated by kalmar ff, and in 1954 the club was relegated from division 2. in 1955 the club set the record for the most spectators during a division 3 game against ik oddevold, when 18,229 people showed up for the game. bk häcken eventually won the league but returned soon again and played in division 3 for the rest of the decade.