Abstract: The present invention provides a folding partition of the kind described, namely, one consisting of mutually opposite carrying bars, which are arranged in pairs and at their upper end portions are provided with brackets, which are displacable in tracks fixed to the ceiling, have panel elements interposed between the carrying bars, which are hinged on one side to adjacent carrying bars and are hinged together on their other sides. An arrangement is provided for pivotally moving the panel elements such that as they are pushed together from a closed position in which they lie flat substantially in a plane, the panels fold up into an open stacked position.