Abstract: A burner for powdered and/or particulate fuels having a flow channel for transporting at least one gas stream into a combustion chamber, wherein the flow channel has an annular cross section and a swirl device imparting a swirl to the gas stream in a circumferential direction. The swirl device has at least a first and a second group of deflection means to generate the swirl, that at least the second group of deflection means is attached in a fixed manner to supporting structure that is axially displaceable along the flow channel and/or can be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the flow channel in order to alter the swirl.