Fuel cell component, which comprises: - a metal bipolar plate having a flow field channel pattern, which bipolar plate comprises a first metal sheet element comprising at least a part of said flow field channel pattern in the form of a channel pattern which extends over at least a part of the surface of said first metal sheet element, which first metal sheet element with said channel pattern has been produced by a process involving sheet metal deformation of a metal sheet having a substantially uniform thickness of less than 1 millimeter, - a flow field seal, which flow field seal has been formed on the first sheet element, which flow field seal extends adjacent to an area of the surface of the first sheet element that has been provided with the channel pattern, which flow field seal comprises a plate-side seal layer and a electrode-side seal layer, which plate-side seal layer is a screen printed silicone polymer seal layer that on one side is attached to the first sheet element, and which electrode-side seal layer is a screen printed silicone polymer seal layer that is arranged over the plate-side seal layer and is connected to the plate-side seal layer, wherein the plate-side seal layer and the electrode-side seal layer have mutually different compressive deformation ratios, and the plate-side seal layer has a lower compressive deformation ratio than the electrode-side seal layer, wherein the first sheet element comprises at least two elevated areas with a lower area between said elevated areas, wherein the flow field seal is arranged on said lower area between said elevated areas, and wherein the height of the plate-side seal layer is equal to or larger than the height of at least one elevated area adjacent to the flow field seal relative to the lower area onto which the flow field seal is arranged, wherein optionally the first metal sheet element is provided with a primer that is present in addition to the plate-side seal layer and the electrode-side seal layer of the flow field seal. - a metal bipolar plate having a flow field channel pattern, which bipolar plate comprises a first metal sheet element comprising at least a part of said flow field channel pattern in the form of a channel pattern which extends over at least a part of the surface of said first metal sheet element, which first metal sheet element with said channel pattern has been produced by a process involving sheet metal deformation of a metal sheet having a substantially uniform thickness of less than 1 millimeter, - a flow field seal, which flow field seal has been formed on the first sheet element, which flow field seal extends adjacent to an area of the surface of the first sheet element that has been provided with the channel pattern, which flow field seal comprises a plate-side seal layer and a electrode-side seal layer, which plate-side seal layer is a screen printed silicone polymer seal layer that on one side is attached to the first sheet element, and which electrode-side seal layer is a screen printed silicone polymer seal layer that is arranged over the plate-side seal layer and is connected to the plate-side seal layer, wherein the plate-side seal layer and the electrode-side seal layer have mutually different compressive deformation ratios, and the plate-side seal layer has a lower compressive deformation ratio than the electrode-side seal layer, wherein the first sheet element comprises at least two elevated areas with a lower area between said elevated areas, wherein the flow field seal is arranged on said lower area between said elevated areas, and wherein the height of the plate-side seal layer is equal to or larger than the height of at least one elevated area adjacent to the flow field seal relative to the lower area onto which the flow field seal is arranged, wherein optionally the first metal sheet element is provided with a primer that is present in addition to the plate-side seal layer and the electrode-side seal layer of the flow field seal.