Electromagnetic linear actuator, having - a stator and - an armature which is movable relative to the stator, - wherein the stator has at least one permanent magnet and at least one coil, - wherein the stator has a conductive element composed of ferromagnetic material, - wherein the conductive element engages over the at least one permanent magnet and/or the at least one coil in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, and - wherein the armature forms, in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, a yoke composed of ferromagnetic material for the conductive element, - wherein the permanent magnet has a magnetic field orientation in a transverse direction Q of the linear actuator, - wherein the expressions "upper" and "lower" relate to a position along the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, - wherein the conductive element has a longitudinal section extending in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, a lower collar extending in a transverse direction Q of the linear actuator, and an upper collar extending in the transverse direction Q of the linear actuator, wherein the lower collar is spaced apart from the upper collar in the longitudinal direction L, - wherein each of the collars (28, 32) projects beyond the longitudinal section in the same transverse direction Q, the at least one permanent magnet and/or the at least one coil are/is arranged between the collars (28, 32) in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, - wherein the yoke extends in the longitudinal direction L from a lower web via a middle section to an upper web, wherein each of the webs (54, 58) projects beyond the middle section in the transverse direction Q, - wherein, in a rest position of the armature, each upper web and each upper collar is arranged in a common upper plane as viewed in the transverse direction of the linear actuator, and/or each lower web and each lower collar is arranged in a common lower plane as viewed in the transverse direction of the linear actuator, and - wherein a stator pole surface of the stator and an armature pole surface, arranged opposite the stator pole surface, of the armature are spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction Q of the linear actuator by a gap, wherein - the linear actuator is configured to generate a movement of the armature on the basis of a constructive superposition of a coil magnetic field caused by the at least one coil and of a permanent magnetic field of the at least one permanent magnet in the upper collar of the conductive element and a destructive superposition of the coil magnetic field and of the permanent magnetic field in the lower collar of the conductive element. - a stator and - an armature which is movable relative to the stator, - wherein the stator has at least one permanent magnet and at least one coil, - wherein the stator has a conductive element composed of ferromagnetic material, - wherein the conductive element engages over the at least one permanent magnet and/or the at least one coil in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, and - wherein the armature forms, in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, a yoke composed of ferromagnetic material for the conductive element, - wherein the permanent magnet has a magnetic field orientation in a transverse direction Q of the linear actuator, - wherein the expressions "upper" and "lower" relate to a position along the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, - wherein the conductive element has a longitudinal section extending in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, a lower collar extending in a transverse direction Q of the linear actuator, and an upper collar extending in the transverse direction Q of the linear actuator, wherein the lower collar is spaced apart from the upper collar in the longitudinal direction L, - wherein each of the collars (28, 32) projects beyond the longitudinal section in the same transverse direction Q, the at least one permanent magnet and/or the at least one coil are/is arranged between the collars (28, 32) in the longitudinal direction L of the linear actuator, - wherein the yoke extends in the longitudinal direction L from a lower web via a middle section to an upper web, wherein each of the webs (54, 58) projects beyond the middle section in the transverse direction Q, - wherein, in a rest position of the armature, each upper web and each upper collar is arranged in a common upper plane as viewed in the transverse direction of the linear actuator, and/or each lower web and each lower collar is arranged in a common lower plane as viewed in the transverse direction of the linear actuator, and - wherein a stator pole surface of the stator and an armature pole surface, arranged opposite the stator pole surface, of the armature are spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction Q of the linear actuator by a gap, - the linear actuator is configured to generate a movement of the armature on the basis of a constructive superposition of a coil magnetic field caused by the at least one coil and of a permanent magnetic field of the at least one permanent magnet in the upper collar of the conductive element and a destructive superposition of the coil magnetic field and of the permanent magnetic field in the lower collar of the conductive element.