An electric strike having a bolt cavity arranged to receive at least one bolt of a door lock and comprising: - a strike frame (32, 35, 38); - a keeper having a projecting portion which forms a side wall of the bolt cavity and which is carried by the strike frame for pivoting about a first pivot axis between a door-locking position, wherein the keeper is arranged to withhold said bolt to prevent door opening, and a door-releasing position, wherein the keeper is arranged to release the bolt to allow door opening, the keeper being arranged to be pivoted, in a first rotational direction, from the door-locking position to the door-releasing position by a door opening force transmitted thereto by said bolt and to be returned to said door-locking position by means of at least one first spring upon release of the bolt by the keeper when the keeper has been moved by said bolt to said door-releasing position; - a lock lever for locking the keeper in said door-locking position, which lock lever is carried by the strike frame for pivoting about a second pivot axis between a locking position and an unlocking position and is provided with a hook-shaped retention element arranged to hook behind an engagement element on the keeper in the locking position of the lock lever, when the keeper is in said door-locking position, to prevent rotation of the keeper in said first rotational direction and to release the keeper in the unlocking position of the lock lever to enable rotation of the keeper in said first rotational direction, the second pivot axis being substantially parallel to said first pivot axis, or forming an angle with said first pivot axis, when projected perpendicularly onto any plane (α) which comprises said first pivot axis, which is smaller than 30°; and - an actuator for actuating the lock lever, which actuator comprises at least one further spring exerting a force onto the lock lever to urge it to said locking position and at least one electromagnet which has a fixed core and which is arranged to exert a counter force onto the lock lever upon energization of the electromagnet to move the lock lever against the spring force to said unlocking position, the lock lever having a portion which is arranged to be attracted directly by the electromagnet when being energized, characterised in that said portion of the lock lever which is arranged to be attracted directly by the electromagnet is situated between said second pivot axis and said hook-shaped retention element and between said bolt cavity and said electromagnet; and in that an outermost edge of said projecting portion of the keeper is situated on a first side of a plane (β) which comprises said second pivot axis and which passes through said engagement element on the keeper when the keeper is in said door-locking position whilst said first pivot axis is situated on a second side of said plane (β) which is opposite to said first side. - a strike frame (32, 35, 38); - a keeper having a projecting portion which forms a side wall of the bolt cavity and which is carried by the strike frame for pivoting about a first pivot axis between a door-locking position, wherein the keeper is arranged to withhold said bolt to prevent door opening, and a door-releasing position, wherein the keeper is arranged to release the bolt to allow door opening, the keeper being arranged to be pivoted, in a first rotational direction, from the door-locking position to the door-releasing position by a door opening force transmitted thereto by said bolt and to be returned to said door-locking position by means of at least one first spring upon release of the bolt by the keeper when the keeper has been moved by said bolt to said door-releasing position; - a lock lever for locking the keeper in said door-locking position, which lock lever is carried by the strike frame for pivoting about a second pivot axis between a locking position and an unlocking position and is provided with a hook-shaped retention element arranged to hook behind an engagement element on the keeper in the locking position of the lock lever, when the keeper is in said door-locking position, to prevent rotation of the keeper in said first rotational direction and to release the keeper in the unlocking position of the lock lever to enable rotation of the keeper in said first rotational direction, the second pivot axis being substantially parallel to said first pivot axis, or forming an angle with said first pivot axis, when projected perpendicularly onto any plane (α) which comprises said first pivot axis, which is smaller than 30°; and - an actuator for actuating the lock lever, which actuator comprises at least one further spring exerting a force onto the lock lever to urge it to said locking position and at least one electromagnet which has a fixed core and which is arranged to exert a counter force onto the lock lever upon energization of the electromagnet to move the lock lever against the spring force to said unlocking position, the lock lever having a portion which is arranged to be attracted directly by the electromagnet when being energized,