A coil arrangement for a programming device has a transmitting coil that is set up to emit a transmitted signal, and multiple receiving coils that are set up to receive a received signal. The transmitting coil and the receiving coils are arranged such that the magnetic fluxes generated in the receiving coils by a transmitted signal emitted from the transmitting coil essentially cancel out each other or the voltages induced in the receiving coils by a transmitted signal emitted from the transmitting coil essentially cancel out each other. In addition, a programming device has such a coil arrangement.