Abstract: An electromagnetic relay including at least one contact-set support in which a plurality of contact springs are fixed at the base end and, in pairs, form normally open and/or normally closed contacts, wherein at least one actuator acts on each active contact spring, the actuator being movably driven in the longitudinal direction thereof by a magnet system and having actuating surfaces for acting on the respective contact spring to be actuated, the actuating surfaces assigned to each of the active contact springs forming an angle with the direction of actuation of the actuator.