Filter, use of filter element in filter, filter element, and motor vehicle

A filter comprising:

• a filter housing comprising a receiving space within the filter housing,
• wherein the receiving space is configured to receive at least a first filter element and a second filter element, each of the first filter element and the second filter element comprising a filter medium body and a frame device circumferentially extending around the filter medium body,
• wherein the filter housing further comprises at least one radially projecting, circumferentially extending contact shoulder disposed in the receiving space,
• wherein the filter housing in a mounted state, exerts an at least partially axially directed clamping force on the frame device of the first filter element, the frame device of the first filter element resting on the frame device of the second filter element in the mounted state, and the clamping force being transmitted through the frame device of the first filter element to the frame device of the second filter element,
• wherein the frame device of the second filter element comprises a circumferentially extending seal configured to seal-tightly contact the at least one radially projecting, circumferentially extending contact shoulder of the filter housing, the circumferentially extending seal being pressed by the clamping force on the at least one radially projecting, circumferentially extending contact shoulder of the filter housing in the mounted state.