Stator of an electric machine, - wherein the stator has a stator laminate stack, - wherein the stator laminate stack extends, when viewed in the direction of an axis of symmetry of the stator laminate stack, from a first axial end side of the stator laminate stack to a second axial end side of the stator laminate stack, - wherein the stator laminate stack is surrounded on its outer side facing away from the axis of symmetry by a jacket plate, - wherein the jacket plate extends, when viewed around the axis of symmetry, from a first abutment edge of the jacket plate to a second abutment edge of the jacket plate, - wherein the abutment edges (12, 13) extend, when viewed in the direction of the axis of symmetry, at least from the first axial end side to the second axial end side of the stator laminate stack, - wherein the abutment edges (12, 13) of the jacket plate, when viewed in the direction of the axis of symmetry, are welded to one another by means of a continuous weld seam over their entire length, - wherein the weld seam, owing to its thermal shrinkage, exerts a tensile stress on the jacket plate, - characterised in that when viewed around the axis of symmetry an intermediate element is arranged in the region of the weld seam and only there between the jacket plate and the stator laminate stack, and in the remaining region the jacket plate rests directly on the stator laminate stack and - that owing to the tensile stress, in the region of the intermediate element the weld seam is pressed in the direction of the axis of symmetry onto the intermediate element and, in the remaining region, the jacket plate is pressed in the direction of the axis of symmetry onto the stator laminate stack. - wherein the stator has a stator laminate stack, - wherein the stator laminate stack extends, when viewed in the direction of an axis of symmetry of the stator laminate stack, from a first axial end side of the stator laminate stack to a second axial end side of the stator laminate stack, - wherein the stator laminate stack is surrounded on its outer side facing away from the axis of symmetry by a jacket plate, - wherein the jacket plate extends, when viewed around the axis of symmetry, from a first abutment edge of the jacket plate to a second abutment edge of the jacket plate, - wherein the abutment edges (12, 13) extend, when viewed in the direction of the axis of symmetry, at least from the first axial end side to the second axial end side of the stator laminate stack, - wherein the abutment edges (12, 13) of the jacket plate, when viewed in the direction of the axis of symmetry, are welded to one another by means of a continuous weld seam over their entire length, - wherein the weld seam, owing to its thermal shrinkage, exerts a tensile stress on the jacket plate, - characterised in that when viewed around the axis of symmetry an intermediate element is arranged in the region of the weld seam and only there between the jacket plate and the stator laminate stack, and in the remaining region the jacket plate rests directly on the stator laminate stack and - that owing to the tensile stress, in the region of the intermediate element the weld seam is pressed in the direction of the axis of symmetry onto the intermediate element and, in the remaining region, the jacket plate is pressed in the direction of the axis of symmetry onto the stator laminate stack.