Degerfors had to take a point away against Malmö to complete their successful season and secure the Allsvenskan contract.
They were in a bad way several times, but still ended up 2-2 and won their eleventh straight match without a loss.
Malmö took the lead through the talent Hugo Larsson, who nicely shot the ball in when he came in a second wave.
But before the break, Omar Faraj, next season in AIK, had equalized with a header.
- It's miserable out there.
I don't know what we're doing.
It absolutely shouldn't look like this when Malmö FF meets Degerfors, says Hugo Larsson to Discovery+ during the break.
A quarter into the second half, Isaac Kiese Therlin put Malmö back in the lead, but almost immediately afterwards the Varmlanders responded.
Then it was Rasmus Örqvist who met a cross and scored the equaliser.
At the very end, Malmö's Anders Christiansen had a great opportunity for Malmö, but he shot wide.
It was enough for Degerfors to keep the place just above the qualification line and thus send Varberg to the qualification against Öster.