for three years in a row from the fifth division, skuru ik was always ahead of djurgården in the league table. however, as two teams were promoted from every division, this was of no concern. the 1942–43 season was never completed due to warm weather, but since the national division 2 were expanded to six leagues for the 1943–44 season, both djurgården and skuru were promoted anyway. this meant that djurgården now had left the local stockholm leagues and advanced to the national leagues. djurgården would have to wait until 1947 to finally win a division again, only to be beaten by atlas diesel and västerås sk in the promotion playoffs. for the 1948–49 season, the team was finally back in the highest league, and finished second behind hammarby. no swedish championship was played this season due to warm weather, and the only available hockey rink at stockholms stadion could not suffice. the hockey department had now trained their own talents, who began to replace many of the players still playing for either the bandy or the football department.