A fuse element for an electric circuit, arranged on a circuit board of the electric circuit, has a surface area for fastening and establishing an electric contact on the circuit board, a first deforming area adjacent the surface area, a second deforming area connected to the first deforming area via a central area, the second deforming area including a contact area that abuts the circuit board, and a hook-shaped element insertable into an opening adjacent the contact area, the hook-shaped element is insertable into the opening by elastic deformation of the fuse element in the direction of the circuit board and, after insertion of the hook-shaped element into the opening and positive holding of the hook-shaped element on a lower surface of the circuit board, the first and second deforming areas exert an elastic force on the surface area in the direction away from the circuit board.