A contact element comprises at least two strips and a row of webs, which are arranged between the strips and are contiguous with the strips, wherein the webs are connected resiliently to one of the strips via torsion sections and are inclined with respect to the strips in the deformed state, with the result that a first contact section extends above the strip and a second contact section extends below the strip, wherein the webs each have a front web rim and a rear web rim, which front web rim has a bulge, and which rear web rim has an indentation, which fits or is complementary to the bulge of a directly adjacent web rim, wherein the bulge provides said front contact section, and wherein the webs, to the side of the indentation, have two rear web sections, which provide the second contact section.