Police were called to the Dar and Daniel bar at about half past midnight. There they found the body of the 58-year-old, who had been staying at Karlsson’s Hotel & Restaurant in Soi Post Office.
Officers were told that the Swede had been drinking with friends and had climbed up on the bar and started dancing. He stumbled and fell head-first onto the concrete floor, dying, it is believed, from a broken neck.
The body was taken to Patong Hospital for autopsy. The man’s name is being withheld until his family have been informed.