Suspension device for a ceiling fitting of a hanging light fixture on a ceiling element disposed in front of a void, wherein the suspension device has the following: - a threaded rod with an outer threading which can be guided through an opening in the ceiling element, wherein the threaded rod is designed hollow to receive a cable of the hanging light fixture; - a tilting beam with a beam longitudinal axis and a recess extending transversely to the beam longitudinal axis; - a thread insert with a through opening with an inner threading, wherein the threaded insert is designed for the reception of the threaded rod and can be set into the recess of the tilting beam such that the tilting beam can be pivoted about a symmetry axis of the threaded insert, wherein - the tilting beam has at least two oppositely situated side walls, connected rigidly with one another, which extend parallel to the beam longitudinal axis, wherein each side wall has a recess for the reception of the threaded insert, - the two side walls are connected with one another by a web which extends in the direction of the beam longitudinal axis on a first side of the recess parallel to the beam longitudinal axis, wherein between the side walls and the web is spanned a space, which is formed for the reception of the threaded rod, - the side walls are connected by a web only on the first side of the recess and on a second side of the recess the space provided for the reception of the threaded rod is delimited only by the two side walls situated opposite one another and - the tilting beam has a first position in which it is disposed substantially perpendicularly to the threaded rod and a second position, in which it is disposed substantially parallel to the threaded rod, wherein the tilting beam can be pivoted out of the first position into the second position under the influence of gravity. - a threaded rod with an outer threading which can be guided through an opening in the ceiling element, wherein the threaded rod is designed hollow to receive a cable of the hanging light fixture; - a tilting beam with a beam longitudinal axis and a recess extending transversely to the beam longitudinal axis; - a thread insert with a through opening with an inner threading, wherein the threaded insert is designed for the reception of the threaded rod and can be set into the recess of the tilting beam such that the tilting beam can be pivoted about a symmetry axis of the threaded insert, - the tilting beam has at least two oppositely situated side walls, connected rigidly with one another, which extend parallel to the beam longitudinal axis, wherein each side wall has a recess for the reception of the threaded insert, - the two side walls are connected with one another by a web which extends in the direction of the beam longitudinal axis on a first side of the recess parallel to the beam longitudinal axis, wherein between the side walls and the web is spanned a space, which is formed for the reception of the threaded rod, - the side walls are connected by a web only on the first side of the recess and on a second side of the recess the space provided for the reception of the threaded rod is delimited only by the two side walls situated opposite one another and - the tilting beam has a first position in which it is disposed substantially perpendicularly to the threaded rod and a second position, in which it is disposed substantially parallel to the threaded rod, wherein the tilting beam can be pivoted out of the first position into the second position under the influence of gravity.