The present invention relates to a connecting element (01) for electrical and mechanical connection of electronic modules (03). The connecting element (01) comprises a base part (02) having a receptacle area (04) that serves to hold an electronic module (03), wherein the receptacle area (04) has first electrical contact points (07) for the electrical connection of the connecting element (01) to electrical contact points (08) of the electronic module (03). The base part (02) comprises a first end region (09) having a first sunken section (12) on the upper face and comprises a second end region (10) having a second sunken section (13) on the lower face. Second electrical contact points (14) for connecting to further connecting elements (01) are disposed on the upper face of the first sunken section (12) and on the lower face of the second sunken section (13). The sunken sections (12, 13) are designed such that the end regions (09, 10) of connecting elements (01) that are located next to each other can be positioned opposite one another in such a way that the upper faces of the connecting elements (01) are located on a plane and the lower faces of the connecting elements are located on another plane. The second electrical contact points (14) are disposed in such a way that the connecting elements (01) can be positioned at different angles (alpha) with respect to one another. The invention also relates to an electronic module arrangement (15) comprising at least one connecting element (01) and an electronic module (03) disposed in the receptacle area (04) of the connecting element.