diff --git a/src/components/Common/FilterBuilder.vue b/src/components/Common/FilterBuilder.vue
index fd36040..15e1484 100644
--- a/src/components/Common/FilterBuilder.vue
+++ b/src/components/Common/FilterBuilder.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 import { onClickOutside, onKeyStroke } from '@vueuse/core'
 
 import { INQUIRY_TYPE_LABELS, STATUS_META } from '@/services/inquiryEnums'
-import type { ExplorerQuery } from '@/services/explorer'
+import { SORT_OPTIONS, sortOption, type ExplorerQuery, type SortField } from '@/services/explorer'
 
 /**
  * The `+ Filter` popover.
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ import type { ExplorerQuery } from '@/services/explorer'
  * Everything applies immediately. There is no Apply button, because the result
  * count is right next to the popover and watching it move is the fastest way to
  * tell whether you asked the right question.
+ *
+ * Sorting lives here too, under a rule of its own — one column at a time,
+ * unlike the filters above it. The table headers can already sort, but only on
+ * the six columns that happen to be on screen and only by cycling
+ * asc → desc → off, which is three clicks to say "op opsteller, Z → A". This
+ * says it in two, names both directions, and covers the columns the table does
+ * not show.
  */
 const props = defineProps<{ query: ExplorerQuery }>()
 
@@ -51,6 +58,36 @@ function setType(value: number) {
 function setMine(value: 'reviewer' | 'creator' | null) {
   emit('update', { ...props.query, mine: props.query.mine === value ? null : value, page: 1 })
 }
+
+/**
+ * Picking a column sorts it descending — newest, highest, most recent first is
+ * what people mean by "sorteer op datum". Picking the column it already sorts
+ * on turns sorting off again, so the same button is both the on and the off.
+ */
+function setSort(value: SortField) {
+  const off = props.query.sort === value
+  emit('update', {
+    ...props.query,
+    sort: off ? null : value,
+    order: off ? 'desc' : props.query.order,
+    page: 1,
+  })
+}
+
+function setOrder(order: 'asc' | 'desc') {
+  emit('update', { ...props.query, order, page: 1 })
+}
+
+/** The active column's own words for its two directions. */
+const direction = computed(() => {
+  const option = props.query.sort ? sortOption(props.query.sort) : null
+  return option
+    ? [
+        { value: 'desc' as const, label: option.desc },
+        { value: 'asc' as const, label: option.asc },
+      ]
+    : []
+})
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -61,7 +98,7 @@ function setMine(value: 'reviewer' | 'creator' | null) {
       :aria-expanded="open"
       @click="open = !open"
     >
-      + Filter
+      Filteren &amp; sorteren
     </button>
 
     <div
@@ -135,6 +172,63 @@ function setMine(value: 'reviewer' | 'creator' | null) {
              so this one narrows the page you are looking at, not the query. -->
         <p class="text-sm mt-2 text-label">Type filtert de zichtbare pagina, niet de hele set.</p>
       </section>
+
+      <!-- Sorting is a different verb from filtering, so it sits below a rule
+           rather than as a fourth chip group. Unlike the sets above it, this
+           one is single-choice: the API sorts on one column. -->
+      <section class="border-t border-divider pt-3.5">
+        <h3 class="studio-label mb-2">SORTEREN OP</h3>
+        <div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
+          <button
+            v-for="option in SORT_OPTIONS"
+            :key="option.value"
+            type="button"
+            class="text-base rounded-full border px-2.5 py-1 font-medium"
+            :class="
+              query.sort === option.value
+                ? 'border-blue-border bg-blue-tint text-blue-ink'
+                : 'border-line bg-surface text-muted hover:border-line-hover'
+            "
+            :aria-pressed="query.sort === option.value"
+            @click="setSort(option.value)"
+          >
+            {{ option.label }}
+          </button>
+        </div>
+
+        <!-- The direction only exists once a column does, and its words come
+             from that column: "oudste eerst" beats "oplopend" on a date. -->
+        <div v-if="direction.length" class="mt-2 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
+          <button
+            v-for="option in direction"
+            :key="option.value"
+            type="button"
+            class="text-base rounded-full border px-2.5 py-1 font-medium"
+            :class="
+              query.order === option.value
+                ? 'border-blue-border bg-blue-tint text-blue-ink'
+                : 'border-line bg-surface text-muted hover:border-line-hover'
+            "
+            :aria-pressed="query.order === option.value"
+            @click="setOrder(option.value)"
+          >
+            {{ option.label }}
+          </button>
+        </div>
+
+        <p class="text-sm mt-2 text-label">
+          <template v-if="query.sort">
+            Klik dezelfde kolom nog eens om terug te gaan naar de standaardvolgorde.
+          </template>
+          <template v-else>
+            Zonder keuze houdt de API haar eigen volgorde aan (laatst gewijzigd eerst).
+          </template>
+        </p>
+        <p v-if="query.sort === 'type' || query.sort === 'status'" class="text-sm mt-1 text-label">
+          Type en status volgen de volgorde van de database-enum: dat groepeert de rijen,
+          maar rangschikt ze niet.
+        </p>
+      </section>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/src/components/Common/FilterChip.vue b/src/components/Common/FilterChip.vue
index 9e3d164..f9839ae 100644
--- a/src/components/Common/FilterChip.vue
+++ b/src/components/Common/FilterChip.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 /**
- * An active filter, shown as `key: value ×`.
+ * An active part of the question, shown as `key: value ×`.
  *
  * Filters that live only inside a dropdown are filters people forget they set,
- * and then report the list as broken. A chip per filter makes the current
- * question visible and removable in one click.
+ * and then report the list as broken. A chip per filter — and per sort, which
+ * has the same problem — makes the current question visible and removable in
+ * one click.
  */
 defineProps<{ label: string; value: string }>()
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ defineEmits<{ remove: [] }>()
     <button
       type="button"
       class="ml-0.5 leading-none text-blue-soft hover:text-blue-ink"
-      :aria-label="`Filter ${label} verwijderen`"
+      :aria-label="`${label} verwijderen`"
       @click="$emit('remove')"
     >
       ×
diff --git a/src/services/explorer.ts b/src/services/explorer.ts
index 36e8793..8622ef6 100644
--- a/src/services/explorer.ts
+++ b/src/services/explorer.ts
@@ -98,16 +98,53 @@ function ints(raw: unknown, valid: (n: number) => boolean): number[] {
   return out
 }
 
-const SORT_FIELDS: readonly SortField[] = [
-  'id',
-  'document_name',
-  'type',
-  'document_date',
-  'creator',
-  'reviewer',
-  'status',
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------- sort fields */
+
+export interface SortOption {
+  value: SortField
+  label: string
+  /** What the two directions actually mean for this column. */
+  asc: string
+  desc: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * The sortable columns, in the order the filter popover offers them.
+ *
+ * Each direction gets a label of its own rather than a shared
+ * "oplopend / aflopend": on a date column that is a word people have to
+ * translate into "oudste eerst" before they can use it, and translating a
+ * control is how you end up clicking it twice to find out what it does.
+ *
+ * `creator` and `reviewer` sort on the user's e-mail address server-side —
+ * which is the string the table shows, so A→Z means what it looks like.
+ * `type` and `status` sort on the PostgreSQL enum's declaration order: that
+ * groups the rows, but the order between groups carries no meaning (in
+ * `report.audit_status`, `rejected` precedes `pending_review`). Said out loud
+ * in the popover rather than dressed up as a ranking.
+ */
+export const SORT_OPTIONS: readonly SortOption[] = [
+  { value: 'document_date', label: 'Datum', asc: 'oudste eerst', desc: 'nieuwste eerst' },
+  { value: 'id', label: 'ID', asc: 'laagste eerst', desc: 'hoogste eerst' },
+  { value: 'document_name', label: 'Naam', asc: 'A → Z', desc: 'Z → A' },
+  { value: 'type', label: 'Type', asc: 'oplopend', desc: 'aflopend' },
+  { value: 'status', label: 'Status', asc: 'oplopend', desc: 'aflopend' },
+  { value: 'creator', label: 'Opsteller', asc: 'A → Z', desc: 'Z → A' },
+  { value: 'reviewer', label: 'Beoordelaar', asc: 'A → Z', desc: 'Z → A' },
 ]
 
+const SORT_FIELDS: readonly SortField[] = SORT_OPTIONS.map((option) => option.value)
+
+export function sortOption(field: SortField): SortOption {
+  return SORT_OPTIONS.find((option) => option.value === field) ?? SORT_OPTIONS[0]
+}
+
+/** `datum · nieuwste eerst` — the sort as one readable phrase. */
+export function describeSort(sort: SortField, order: 'asc' | 'desc'): string {
+  const option = sortOption(sort)
+  return `${option.label.toLowerCase()} · ${order === 'asc' ? option.asc : option.desc}`
+}
+
 export function parseQuery(raw: Record<string, unknown>): ExplorerQuery {
   const page = Number(raw.page)
   const sort = SORT_FIELDS.find((field) => field === raw.sort) ?? null
@@ -195,7 +232,7 @@ const MINE_LABELS: Record<'reviewer' | 'creator', string> = {
   creator: 'ik stelde op',
 }
 
-/** One removable chip per active filter — see `FilterChip`. */
+/** One removable chip per active filter, plus one for the sort — see `FilterChip`. */
 export function chipsFor(query: ExplorerQuery): Chip[] {
   const chips: Chip[] = []
 
@@ -226,6 +263,19 @@ export function chipsFor(query: ExplorerQuery): Chip[] {
     })
   }
 
+  // The sort is not a filter, but it belongs here for the same reason the
+  // filters do: it changes which rows you see first, it survives in a shared
+  // link, and half of what you can sort on (opsteller) has no column in the
+  // table to carry an arrow. Clearing it returns to the API's own ordering.
+  if (query.sort) {
+    chips.push({
+      id: 'sort',
+      label: 'sortering',
+      value: describeSort(query.sort, query.order),
+      clear: (q) => ({ ...q, sort: null, order: 'desc', page: 1 }),
+    })
+  }
+
   return chips
 }
 
@@ -258,7 +308,16 @@ export function saveView(label: string, query: ExplorerQuery): SavedView {
     // updates the view instead of stacking two tabs with the same name.
     key: `custom:${label.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '-')}`,
     label,
-    query: { q: query.q, status: query.status, type: query.type, mine: query.mine },
+    // The sort travels with the view: "te controleren, oudste eerst" is one
+    // saved question, not a filter plus a setting you have to reapply.
+    query: {
+      q: query.q,
+      status: query.status,
+      type: query.type,
+      mine: query.mine,
+      sort: query.sort,
+      order: query.order,
+    },
     builtin: false,
   }
   const next = [...customViews().filter((v) => v.key !== view.key), view]
diff --git a/src/views/InquiryListView.vue b/src/views/InquiryListView.vue
index 15f1cec..a08266f 100644
--- a/src/views/InquiryListView.vue
+++ b/src/views/InquiryListView.vue
@@ -182,12 +182,15 @@ const sortField = computed(() =>
   Object.keys(SORT_KEYS).find((field) => SORT_KEYS[field] === query.value.sort) ?? null,
 )
 
-// asc → desc → back to default recency ordering.
+// desc → asc → back to default recency ordering. Descending first, because
+// that is what "sorteer op datum" means, and because the filter popover's sort
+// section starts there too — two controls writing one piece of state should not
+// disagree about which way the first click points.
 function onSort(field: string) {
   const key = SORT_KEYS[field]
   if (!key) return
-  if (query.value.sort !== key) push({ ...query.value, sort: key, order: 'asc', page: 1 })
-  else if (query.value.order === 'asc') push({ ...query.value, order: 'desc', page: 1 })
+  if (query.value.sort !== key) push({ ...query.value, sort: key, order: 'desc', page: 1 })
+  else if (query.value.order === 'desc') push({ ...query.value, order: 'asc', page: 1 })
   else push({ ...query.value, sort: null, order: 'desc', page: 1 })
 }