1945–46 Division 2 season (Swedish ice hockey)

The 1945–46 Division 2 season was the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden for 1945–46. The league consisted of 41 teams, divided into seven geographical groups of five or six teams. The seven group winners—Brynäs IF (norra), Hofors IK (Dala), Forshaga IF (västra), Åkers IF (Sörmland), IFK Stockholm (östra), Västerås IK (Västmanland), and UoIF Matteuspojkarna (södra)—continued to a promotion qualifier, which resulted in Forshaga, Åker, Västerås, and Matteuspojkarna being promoted to Division 1 for the 1946–47 season.
==Final standings==
===Norra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Brynäs IF 	10	7	0	3	47	24	+23	14	Continued to 1946 Division 1 qualifier
2	Sandvikens IF	10	7	0	3	59	40	+19	14	
3	Gävle GIK 	10	7	0	3	54	41	+13	14	
4	IK Huge 	10	6	1	3	37	37	±0 	13	
5	Gefle IF 	10	1	1	8	38	72	–34	3 	
6	Strömsbro IF 	10	1	0	9	31	52	–21	2 	
===Dalagruppen===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Hofors IK 	10	6	2	2	41	28	+13	14	Continued to 1946 Division 1 qualifier
2	Leksands IF	10	6	1	3	42	32	+10	13	
3	IK Brage 	10	5	1	4	28	26	+2 	11	
4	Mora IK 	10	4	1	5	22	32	–10	9 	
5	Falu BS 	10	3	1	6	26	40	–14	7 	
6	IFK Rättvik	10	2	2	6	32	33	–1 	6 	
===Västra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Forshaga IF 	10	9	0	1	62	23	+39	18	Continued to 1946 Division 1 qualifier, promoted
2	IF Göta 	10	6	1	3	47	40	+7 	13	
3	IFK Bofors 	10	5	0	5	36	33	+3 	10	
4	Färjestads BK	10	3	1	6	27	38	–11	7 	
5	Skiveds IF 	10	3	0	7	28	44	–16	6 	
6	Skoghalls IF 	10	3	0	7	28	50	–22	6 	Relegated to local district-level play
===Sörmlandsgruppen===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Åkers IF 	10	8	0	2 	68	23 	+45 	16	Continued to 1946 Division 1 qualifier, promoted
2	Värtans IK 	10	7	0	3 	73	31 	+42 	14	
3	Lilljanshofs IF 	10	6	1	3 	52	31 	+21 	13	
4	IFK Tumba 	10	5	0	5 	48	46 	+2 	10	
5	Skuru IK 	10	3	1	6 	31	32 	–1 	7 	Relegated to local district-level play
6	Stallarholmens SK	10	0	0	10	22	131	–109	0 	Relegated to local district-level play
===Östra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	IFK Stockholm 	10	9	0	1 	62	21	+41	18	Continued to 1946 Division 1 qualifier
2	IK Sirius 	10	8	0	2 	50	29	+21	16	
3	Årsta SK 	10	7	0	3 	70	34	+36	14	
4	Reymersholms IK	10	4	0	6 	54	62	–8 	8 	
5	Djurgårdens IF 	10	2	0	8 	36	78	–42	4 	
6	IF Vesta 	10	0	0	10	24	72	–48	0 	Relegated to local district-level play
===Värmlandsgruppen===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	Västerås IK 	10	9	0	1	83	21	+62	18	Continued to 1946 Division 1 qualifier, promoted
2	Surahammars IF	10	9	0	1	78	19	+59	18	
3	BK Forward 	10	5	0	5	37	33	+4 	10	
4	IK Westmannia 	10	4	0	6	44	47	–3 	8 	
5	IFK Arboga 	10	2	0	8	22	93	–71	4 	Relegated to local district-level play
6	IK Sturehov 	10	1	0	9	26	77	–51	2 	Relegated to local district-level play
===Södra===
#	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Notes
1	UoIF Matteuspojkarna	8	7	1	0	57	20	+37	15	Continued to 1946 Division 1 qualifier, promoted
2	IK Sleipner 	8	5	1	2	37	22	+15	12	
3	Norrköpings AIS 	8	4	0	4	16	20	–4 	8 	
4	IFK Norrköping 	8	3	0	5	26	36	–10	6 	
5	BK Derby 	8	0	0	8	13	51	–38	0 	
==Division 1 Qualifiers==
===Group 1===
*UoIF Matteuspojkarna - IFK Stockholm 9:2
*Västerås IK - IFK Stockholm 4:1
Matteuspojkarna and Västerås were promoted.
===Group 2===
;Qualifier
*Hofors IK - Brynås IF 4:3
;Series 1
*Åkers IF - Forshaga IF 5:5, 7:3
;Series 2
*Forshaga IF - Hofors IK 3:4, 5:3
Åkers and Forshaga were promoted.
==References==
Category:1945 in ice hockey
Category:1946 in ice hockey