It was around 4pm on Thursday that an alarm was received by SOS Alarm about a drowning in Lake Bolmen outside Ljungby.

Emergency services, ambulance and police were called to the scene.

At Bolmen, a passer-by had found a lifeless man in the water.

When the emergency services and ambulance arrived at the scene, cardiopulmonary resuscitation was started, but his life could not be saved.

- It is an 85-year-old person who has died as a result of the injuries, there is no suspicion of crime and the next of kin have been informed, says Filip Annas, spokesperson for the South police region.