A holder for skis includes two clamping jaws which are arranged symmetrically opposite each other relative to a vertical plane. The clamping jaws are mounted so as to be rotatable in dependence on each other about horizontal axes which are arranged parallel to each other and spaced from each other. The axes are defined by bolts which are fastened to a support plate. The clamping jaws have bearing sleeves which surround the bolts. The bearing sleeves have at their ends facing the support plate freely cantilevering arms which are directed toward each other and which are in rotational engagement with one another. The effective surfaces of the clamping jaws which face toward each other are convex arc-shaped, wherein the distance of the imaginary generatrix which forms the arc and which extends parallel to the respective axis from the axis of rotation of the clamping jaw steadily increases from the lowermost arc portion to the uppermost arc portion.