Bending device for two-dimensional bending of an electrical conductor to be carried out in a bending plane or parallel to a bending plane, the device comprising a first bending unit (26.1) and a second bending unit (26.2), wherein the first bending unit (26.1) comprises a shaping surface body extending transversely to the bending plane and having a circumferential surface designed as a shaping surface for shaping a first bending area (36.1) of the electrical conductor, and the second bending unit (26.2) comprises a shaping surface body extending transversely to the bending plane and having a circumferential surface designed as a shaping surface for shaping a second bending area (36.2) of the electrical conductor, characterized by a relative movement device for relatively moving the first bending unit (26.1) and the second bending unit (26.2) to each other in the bending plane or parallel to the bending plane, wherein the first bending unit (26.1) comprises a first gripping element (32.1) and a second gripping element (32.2), and the second bending unit (26.2) comprises a first gripping element (32.1) and a second gripping element (32.2), wherein the first gripping element (32.1) and the second gripping element (32.2) of the first bending unit (26.1) are movable relative to each other and are movable around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the first bending unit (26.1) along a movement path (RE A, RE B; RE1.1, RE1.2), which is an arched curve leading around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the first bending unit (26.1), in order to grip a first bending area (36.1) and bend the first bending area (36.1) around the shaping surface body of the first bending unit (26.1), wherein the first gripping element (32.1) and the second gripping element (32.2) of the second bending unit (26.2) are movable relative to each other and are movable around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the second bending unit (26.2) along a movement path (REA, RE B; RE2.1, RE2.2), which is an arched curve leading around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the second bending unit (26.2), in order to grip a second bending area (36.1) and bend the second bending area (36.1) around the shaping surface body of the second bending unit (26.1). a first bending unit (26.1) and a second bending unit (26.2), wherein the first bending unit (26.1) comprises a shaping surface body extending transversely to the bending plane and having a circumferential surface designed as a shaping surface for shaping a first bending area (36.1) of the electrical conductor, and the second bending unit (26.2) comprises a shaping surface body extending transversely to the bending plane and having a circumferential surface designed as a shaping surface for shaping a second bending area (36.2) of the electrical conductor, characterized by a relative movement device for relatively moving the first bending unit (26.1) and the second bending unit (26.2) to each other in the bending plane or parallel to the bending plane, wherein the first bending unit (26.1) comprises a first gripping element (32.1) and a second gripping element (32.2), and the second bending unit (26.2) comprises a first gripping element (32.1) and a second gripping element (32.2), wherein the first gripping element (32.1) and the second gripping element (32.2) of the first bending unit (26.1) are movable relative to each other and are movable around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the first bending unit (26.1) along a movement path (RE A, RE B; RE1.1, RE1.2), which is an arched curve leading around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the first bending unit (26.1), in order to grip a first bending area (36.1) and bend the first bending area (36.1) around the shaping surface body of the first bending unit (26.1), wherein the first gripping element (32.1) and the second gripping element (32.2) of the second bending unit (26.2) are movable relative to each other and are movable around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the second bending unit (26.2) along a movement path (REA, RE B; RE2.1, RE2.2), which is an arched curve leading around the circumferential surface of the shaping surface body of the second bending unit (26.2), in order to grip a second bending area (36.1) and bend the second bending area (36.1) around the shaping surface body of the second bending unit (26.1).