Abstract: A fan wheel including a first and second end plate, and blades arranged between the first and the second end plate and joined to the first and the second end plate. In order to obtain an efficient fan wheel the outer surfaces of the blades are inclined in relation to the rotation axis of the fan wheel, the first and second end plate have outer portions which protrude radially outward beyond the outer edges of the blades, the outer portion of the first end plate is generally curved or inclined towards the second end plate and the outer portion of the second end plate is generally curved or inclined away from the first end plate, and the blades are profiled to have a profile where the thickness of the blades vary between the outer edges of the blades and the inner edges of the blades.