A contact element for establishing electrical contact between two electrical conductors or contact parts, comprising at least two strips (2, 3) extending parallel to one another and in the direction of a longitudinal axis and a row of webs, which are arranged between the strips (2, 3) and are contiguous with the strips (2, 3), wherein the webs are connected resiliently via a first torsion portion to one of the strips (2, 3) and via a second torsion portion to another one of the strips (2, 3) and are inclined with respect to the strips (2, 3) in the deformed state, such that a first contact portion extends above the strip and a second contact portion extends below the strip (2, 3), wherein the webs each have a front web edge and a rear web edge, which front web edge has a bulge and which rear web edge has an indentation, which fits or is complementary to the bulge of a directly adjacent web edge, wherein the bulge provides said first contact portion, and wherein the webs, to the side of the indentation, have two rear web portions, which provide the second contact portion, wherein front web edge and the rear web edge extend from the first torsion portion to the second torsion portion, and in that the front web edge and the rear web edge of two directly adjacent webs contact one another in the undeformed state over their entire length, wherein the torsion portion (4, 5) is provided by a series of apertures arranged at regular distances from one another, wherein the torsion portion (4, 5) is formed in the region between two apertures arranged in direct succession in the longitudinal axis and adjacently, and wherein, in a transverse direction, which extends at right angles to the longitudinal axis, the torsion portion (4, 5) extends over the maximum width of the aperture in the same direction, wherein in the undeformed state the front side portion and the rear side portion of adjacent webs lead jointly into a common aperture, wherein the web portions (12, 28), in the region of the junction, preferably extend at right angles to the strips (2, 3), wherein the aperture has a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion and the rear portion preferably extend at right angles to the strips (2, 3), and wherein the front portion and the rear portion are connected via two side portions (20, 21), which preferably extend parallel to the strips (2, 3), and wherein the transition regions between the portions (18, 19, 20, 21) delimiting the aperture are preferably formed with a rounded portion, wherein the front web edge and the rear web edge or the side portions (12, 28) of the web edges (8, 9), respectively, lead into the aperture in the region of the side portion of the aperture, but not in the region of the rounded portion and wherein the contact element consists of a beryllium-free metal alloy, in particular of a beryllium-free copper alloy. at least two strips (2, 3) extending parallel to one another and in the direction of a longitudinal axis and a row of webs, which are arranged between the strips (2, 3) and are contiguous with the strips (2, 3), wherein the webs are connected resiliently via a first torsion portion to one of the strips (2, 3) and via a second torsion portion to another one of the strips (2, 3) and are inclined with respect to the strips (2, 3) in the deformed state, such that a first contact portion extends above the strip and a second contact portion extends below the strip (2, 3), wherein the webs each have a front web edge and a rear web edge, which front web edge has a bulge and which rear web edge has an indentation, which fits or is complementary to the bulge of a directly adjacent web edge, wherein the bulge provides said first contact portion, and wherein the webs, to the side of the indentation, have two rear web portions, which provide the second contact portion, wherein front web edge and the rear web edge extend from the first torsion portion to the second torsion portion, and in that the front web edge and the rear web edge of two directly adjacent webs contact one another in the undeformed state over their entire length, wherein the torsion portion (4, 5) is provided by a series of apertures arranged at regular distances from one another, wherein the torsion portion (4, 5) is formed in the region between two apertures arranged in direct succession in the longitudinal axis and adjacently, and wherein, in a transverse direction, which extends at right angles to the longitudinal axis, the torsion portion (4, 5) extends over the maximum width of the aperture in the same direction, wherein in the undeformed state the front side portion and the rear side portion of adjacent webs lead jointly into a common aperture, wherein the web portions (12, 28), in the region of the junction, preferably extend at right angles to the strips (2, 3), wherein the aperture has a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion and the rear portion preferably extend at right angles to the strips (2, 3), and wherein the front portion and the rear portion are connected via two side portions (20, 21), which preferably extend parallel to the strips (2, 3), and wherein the transition regions between the portions (18, 19, 20, 21) delimiting the aperture are preferably formed with a rounded portion, wherein the front web edge and the rear web edge or the side portions (12, 28) of the web edges (8, 9), respectively, lead into the aperture in the region of the side portion of the aperture, but not in the region of the rounded portion and wherein the contact element consists of a beryllium-free metal alloy, in particular of a beryllium-free copper alloy.