An LED lighting device, comprising: a first switching circuit (107, 109) connected between a power source and at least one LED; a capacitor (C1, C2) for smoothing a power source voltage generated by the power source; said first switching circuit (107, 109) being provided for stepping-up the voltage of the power source or for stepping down the voltage at the capacitor (C1, C2); an inrush current suppression circuit that may be put in an operating state or in a non-operating state and that is adapted to suppress an inrush current flowing via the smoothing capacitor (C1, C2) when being in its operating state, wherein the inrush current suppression circuit is in the operating state at a time of turning on the power source; a trigger circuit provided for generating a trigger signal for putting the inrush current suppression circuit in the non-operating state, wherein the trigger signal is generated from the first switching circuit (107, 109); characterized in that at least one further switching circuit is connected between the first switching circuit and the at least one LED, or at least one further switching circuit (129, 149) is connected in parallel connection with the first switching circuit, each of the said parallel connected switching circuits (109, 129, 149) being connected with a separate LED (LED1, LED2, LED3), or a parallel connection of further switching circuits (109, 129) is connected between the first switching circuit and the at least one LED, each of the said parallel connected switching circuits (109, 129) being connected with a separate LED (LED1, LED2); wherein the trigger circuit is configured to generate the trigger signal from each of the switching circuits (107, 109, 129, 149) such that the inrush current suppression circuit is put in the non-operating state by means of the trigger signal at timing of firstly starting the switching operating of one of the switching circuits (107, 109, 129, 149), whichever is firstly-activated after the time of turning on the power source. a first switching circuit (107, 109) connected between a power source and at least one LED; a capacitor (C1, C2) for smoothing a power source voltage generated by the power source; said first switching circuit (107, 109) being provided for stepping-up the voltage of the power source or for stepping down the voltage at the capacitor (C1, C2); an inrush current suppression circuit that may be put in an operating state or in a non-operating state and that is adapted to suppress an inrush current flowing via the smoothing capacitor (C1, C2) when being in its operating state, wherein the inrush current suppression circuit is in the operating state at a time of turning on the power source; a trigger circuit provided for generating a trigger signal for putting the inrush current suppression circuit in the non-operating state, wherein the trigger signal is generated from the first switching circuit (107, 109); characterized in that at least one further switching circuit is connected between the first switching circuit and the at least one LED, or at least one further switching circuit (129, 149) is connected in parallel connection with the first switching circuit, each of the said parallel connected switching circuits (109, 129, 149) being connected with a separate LED (LED1, LED2, LED3), or a parallel connection of further switching circuits (109, 129) is connected between the first switching circuit and the at least one LED, each of the said parallel connected switching circuits (109, 129) being connected with a separate LED (LED1, LED2); wherein the trigger circuit is configured to generate the trigger signal from each of the switching circuits (107, 109, 129, 149) such that the inrush current suppression circuit is put in the non-operating state by means of the trigger signal at timing of firstly starting the switching operating of one of the switching circuits (107, 109, 129, 149), whichever is firstly-activated after the time of turning on the power source.