An electric machine element (101, 201, 401) comprising a core structure (102, 202) and a double-layer multiphase-winding (103, 203), the core structure having teeth and slots (105, 205a, 205b) between the teeth, wherein each of the slots has a bottom portion and an upper portion between the bottom portion and a slot-opening, and wherein each phase of the double-layer multiphase-winding has first and second winding-portions so that: - first coil-sides of coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a first zone, - second coil-sides of the coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a second zone, a circumferential shift (φ) from the first zone to the second zone being less than 180 electrical degrees, - first coil-sides of coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a third zone partially overlapping with the first zone, a circumferential shift from the second zone to the third zone being 180 electrical degrees, and - second coil-sides of the coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a fourth zone partially overlapping with the second zone, a circumferential shift from the first zone to the fourth zone being 180 electrical degrees, characterized in that: - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the first zone and outside the third zone contain a part of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion, - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the first and third zones (106, 108) contain the rest of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the fourth zone and outside the second zone contain a part of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion, and - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the second and fourth zones (107, 109) contain the rest of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion. - first coil-sides of coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a first zone, - second coil-sides of the coils of the first winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a second zone, a circumferential shift (φ) from the first zone to the second zone being less than 180 electrical degrees, - first coil-sides of coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a third zone partially overlapping with the first zone, a circumferential shift from the second zone to the third zone being 180 electrical degrees, and - second coil-sides of the coils of the second winding-portion are located in ones of the slots belonging to a fourth zone partially overlapping with the second zone, a circumferential shift from the first zone to the fourth zone being 180 electrical degrees, - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the first zone and outside the third zone contain a part of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion, - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the first and third zones (106, 108) contain the rest of the first coil-sides of the first winding-portion - the bottom portions of the slots belonging to the fourth zone and outside the second zone contain a part of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion, and - the upper portions of the slots belonging to the second and fourth zones (107, 109) contain the rest of the second coil-sides of the second winding-portion.