Acrobatic prankster smashed registers while flipping over McDonald's counter

A young Swedish woman has described the moment her friend flipped herself over the counter at a McDonald's and sent two cash registers crashing down next to her as the "best thing" that ever happened to her.

Hannah Thessing posted the "McBackflip" video of her lithe friend's exploits at a Stockholm McDonald's on her Facebook page on April 16.

The video starts with three young women laughing as two of them urge their friend to show off her gymnastic prowess.

With little coaxing the pink-haired young woman willingly obliges, sitting on the edge of the counter and facing out towards her friends.

Then lifting her legs as she leans back the prankster goes over the counter, her arms still gripping the counter's edge.

As she tumbles backwards her flailing arms bash into the registers on either side of her, pulling them back behind the counter.

The acrobatic woman and the registers crash into the ground as her friends snicker with mischievous delight.

"Best thing that ever happened to me," Ms Thessing wrote.

When posting the video on YouTube, Ms Thessing stated she and her friends were not interested in selling the video but added: "If you have any proposition for more craziness or likely let us know!"