A current switch comprising: a blade-shaped movable contact that extends in a radial direction from a rotation center, and that reciprocates such that a free end of the movable contact draws a rotation locus; a fixed contact that comes into and out of contact with the movable contact, and that includes a plurality of pairs of energizing contacts (31, 31a, 31b) that are opposed to each other on both sides of the movable contact with a rotation plane of the movable contact being sandwiched therebetween to be paired, and are arrayed in a direction of the rotation locus; a movable arcing contact that is provided on the movable contact; fixed arcing contacts that are provided on a pair of energizing contacts among the pairs of energizing contacts, the pair of energizing contacts being arranged closest to the movable contact in a state where the movable contact is away from the fixed contact; and a pair of permanent magnets (6a, 6b) that are arranged within the pair of energizing contacts, on which the fixed arcing contacts are provided, that are opposed to each other with the rotation plane being sandwiched therebetween to be paired, and that are arranged such that both magnetizing directions of the permanent magnets are perpendicular to the rotation plane, characterized in that, the number of the pairs of energizing contacts provided is three or more, and an interval between the pair of energizing contacts that include therein the permanent magnets (6a, 6b) and its adjacent pair of energizing contacts is larger than an interval between adjacent pairs of energizing contacts other than the pair of energizing contacts that include therein the permanent magnets (6a, 6b). a blade-shaped movable contact that extends in a radial direction from a rotation center, and that reciprocates such that a free end of the movable contact draws a rotation locus; a fixed contact that comes into and out of contact with the movable contact, and that includes a plurality of pairs of energizing contacts (31, 31a, 31b) that are opposed to each other on both sides of the movable contact with a rotation plane of the movable contact being sandwiched therebetween to be paired, and are arrayed in a direction of the rotation locus; a movable arcing contact that is provided on the movable contact; fixed arcing contacts that are provided on a pair of energizing contacts among the pairs of energizing contacts, the pair of energizing contacts being arranged closest to the movable contact in a state where the movable contact is away from the fixed contact; and a pair of permanent magnets (6a, 6b) that are arranged within the pair of energizing contacts, on which the fixed arcing contacts are provided, that are opposed to each other with the rotation plane being sandwiched therebetween to be paired, and that are arranged such that both magnetizing directions of the permanent magnets are perpendicular to the rotation plane, characterized in that, the number of the pairs of energizing contacts provided is three or more, and an interval between the pair of energizing contacts that include therein the permanent magnets (6a, 6b) and its adjacent pair of energizing contacts is larger than an interval between adjacent pairs of energizing contacts other than the pair of energizing contacts that include therein the permanent magnets (6a, 6b).