diff --git a/src/client/components/facet_results/ObjectListCollapsible.js b/src/client/components/facet_results/ObjectListCollapsible.js
index dc6a599ef4b0dc4faebe4191d61616c7cc0b46bd..f7bb9eb68230af5a832463c0da44764c81c08cd3 100644
--- a/src/client/components/facet_results/ObjectListCollapsible.js
+++ b/src/client/components/facet_results/ObjectListCollapsible.js
@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@ const styles = () => ({
 
 const ObjectList = props => {
   const {
-    sortValues, makeLink, externalLink, linkAsButton, columnId, showSource,
+    sortValues, sortBy, makeLink, externalLink, linkAsButton, columnId, showSource,
     sourceExternalLink
   } = props
   let { data } = props
 
   const sortList = data => {
     if (has(props, 'columnId') && props.columnId.endsWith('Timespan')) {
-      data = sortValues
-        ? data.sort((a, b) => {
-          a = has(a, 'start') ? ISOStringToDate(a.start) : ISOStringToDate(a.end)
-          b = has(b, 'start') ? ISOStringToDate(b.start) : ISOStringToDate(b.end)
-          // arrange from the most recent to the oldest
-          return a > b ? 1 : a < b ? -1 : 0
-        })
-        : data
+      data = data.sort((a, b) => {
+        a = has(a, 'start') ? ISOStringToDate(a.start) : ISOStringToDate(a.end)
+        b = has(b, 'start') ? ISOStringToDate(b.start) : ISOStringToDate(b.end)
+        // arrange from the most recent to the oldest
+        return a > b ? 1 : a < b ? -1 : 0
+      })
     } else if (props.columnId === 'event') {
-      data = sortValues ? orderBy(data, 'date') : data
+      data = orderBy(data, 'date')
+    } else if (props.sortBy) {
+      data = orderBy(data, sortBy)
     } else {
-      data = sortValues ? orderBy(data, 'prefLabel') : data
+      data = orderBy(data, 'prefLabel')
     }
     return data
   }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const ObjectList = props => {
   if (data == null || data === '-') {
     return '-'
   } else if (Array.isArray(data)) {
-    data = sortList(data)
+    data = sortValues ? sortList(data) : data
     return (
       <>
         {!props.expanded && renderItem({ collapsed: true, itemData: data[0], isFirstValue: true })}
diff --git a/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTable.js b/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTable.js
index c581669ac0b7b806220da265dfef2f4cfd6451a2..d441ac144f09d8496e5ec85a4130a348e174dd3d 100644
--- a/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTable.js
+++ b/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTable.js
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ class ResultTable extends React.Component {
           makeLink={column.makeLink}
           externalLink={column.externalLink}
           sortValues={column.sortValues}
+          sortBy={column.sortBy}
           numberedList={column.numberedList}
           minWidth={column.minWidth}
           container='cell'
diff --git a/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTableCell.js b/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTableCell.js
index 3515cef61e8450c6a82b3f5ce0e44a7907a3dc29..ab754915c64b0c774dbb20dc0bc68b17c009ce33 100644
--- a/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTableCell.js
+++ b/src/client/components/facet_results/ResultTableCell.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import StringList from './StringList'
 
 const ResultTableCell = props => {
   const {
-    data, valueType, makeLink, externalLink, sortValues, numberedList, minWidth,
+    data, valueType, makeLink, externalLink, sortValues, sortBy, numberedList, minWidth,
     container, columnId, expanded, linkAsButton, collapsedMaxWords, showSource,
     sourceExternalLink, renderAsHTML
   } = props
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const ResultTableCell = props => {
           makeLink={makeLink}
           externalLink={externalLink}
           sortValues={sortValues}
+          sortBy={sortBy}
           numberedList={numberedList}
           columnId={columnId}
           expanded={expanded}
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ ResultTableCell.propTypes = {
   makeLink: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   externalLink: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   sortValues: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+  sortBy: PropTypes.string,
   numberedList: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   expanded: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   collapsedMaxWords: PropTypes.number,
diff --git a/src/client/components/main_layout/InstanceHomePageTable.js b/src/client/components/main_layout/InstanceHomePageTable.js
index 3145942a0b980c8cab43dab130fb6ad2e825f09c..1069c5a0b6d81cbec8b2a84ca42581a9661a2bb2 100644
--- a/src/client/components/main_layout/InstanceHomePageTable.js
+++ b/src/client/components/main_layout/InstanceHomePageTable.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const InstanceHomePageTable = props => {
                 makeLink={row.makeLink}
                 externalLink={row.externalLink}
                 sortValues={row.sortValues}
+                sortBy={row.sortBy}
                 numberedList={row.numberedList}
                 container='cell'
                 expanded