Fastening element for securing a first component, such as a circuit board equipped with LEDs, having a through-hole, to a second component, such as a lamp component, having a recess, such as a blind hole or through-hole, - having a shaft which has at least one spring-return retaining part for anchoring the fastening element on the second component, - having a shaft head which has a head diameter that is wider than the shaft diameter, wherein - the shaft head is arranged at one end of the shaft, and - having a clamping element for clamping the first component against the second component under a defined pressing force, - wherein the clamping element is formed by at least one deflectable spring-return clamping limb which is part of the shaft head and is provided to bear against the first component, characterized - in that the shaft is formed of three limbs (14, 15, 16) which are materially connected in one piece with one another, - in that the shaft head is formed of three vanes (17, 18, 19), wherein each limb (14, 15, 16) forms a respective vane (17, 18, 19) of the shaft head, wherein - the limbs (14, 15, 16) are obtained by forming a blank made of sheet metal along two forming lines (U1, U2) parallel to the shaft longitudinal axis, and the vanes (17, 18, 19) are obtained by making incisions (S1, S2) along the forming lines (U1, U2), said incisions exceeding the length of the vanes (17, 18, 19), and then forming along a forming line which is oriented transversely to the shaft longitudinal axis, - and in that the incisions (S1, S2) separate limb sections of the limbs (14, 15) from one another in the region of the shaft, which limb sections can be deflected relative to the shaft longitudinal axis with spring return. - having a shaft which has at least one spring-return retaining part for anchoring the fastening element on the second component, - having a shaft head which has a head diameter that is wider than the shaft diameter, wherein - the shaft head is arranged at one end of the shaft, and - having a clamping element for clamping the first component against the second component under a defined pressing force, - wherein the clamping element is formed by at least one deflectable spring-return clamping limb which is part of the shaft head and is provided to bear against the first component, - in that the shaft is formed of three limbs (14, 15, 16) which are materially connected in one piece with one another, - in that the shaft head is formed of three vanes (17, 18, 19), wherein each limb (14, 15, 16) forms a respective vane (17, 18, 19) of the shaft head, wherein - the limbs (14, 15, 16) are obtained by forming a blank made of sheet metal along two forming lines (U1, U2) parallel to the shaft longitudinal axis, and the vanes (17, 18, 19) are obtained by making incisions (S1, S2) along the forming lines (U1, U2), said incisions exceeding the length of the vanes (17, 18, 19), and then forming along a forming line which is oriented transversely to the shaft longitudinal axis, - and in that the incisions (S1, S2) separate limb sections of the limbs (14, 15) from one another in the region of the shaft, which limb sections can be deflected relative to the shaft longitudinal axis with spring return.