An object is to provide a linear motor in which even when the overall length of the linear motor is long, the amount of magnets to be employed does not increase and hence size reduction and weight reduction of a stator is realized.A linear motor comprising a stator 2 and a movable element 1 provided with a coil 1a is characterized in that: the stator 2 includes two plate-shaped parts elongated in a moving direction of the movable element 1 and the two plate-shaped parts are provided facing each other so as to be magnetically linked in such a manner that a movement domain of the movable element 1 is located in between; in each of surfaces facing each other in the two plate-shaped parts, a plurality of tooth parts 21a and 22a are aligned in the moving direction such that the tooth parts 21a (22a) of one plate-shaped part and the tooth parts 22a (21a) of the other plate-shaped part are located in a staggered manner; in the movable element 1, inside the coil 1a, two magnets 1c, 1d and three yokes 1b are alternately arranged along the moving direction; and the two magnets 1c and 1d are magnetized along the moving direction and the magnetization directions are opposite to each other.