City outreach internship

Lucion, moonGARDEN. Photo: Benoît Derrier

City outreach internship

Come work with us! Apply to the 2026 City outreach internship below. Applications close on 24 May.

Nobel Week Lights is an annual public light art festival taking place in Stockholm during the Nobel Week: 5–13 December 2026. The festival is presented by the Nobel Prize Museum and produced by a small dedicated team with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.

We value an inclusive and supportive working environment that plays with new and creative ideas. Each person in the team has their role and responsibilities, however we value dialogue across the sectors in order to strengthen all elements of the festival. Creative new ideas are valued in order to develop and grow the festival further.

The festival has the goals of:

Presenting high quality light-artworks in public space to a broad audience
Transforming the way in which Stockholmers see and connect with their city and the urban environment
Inviting the audience into the Nobel celebrations by presenting artworks inspired by and communicating the ideas of the Nobel Prizes and laureates to the public

About the internship

Dates: 1 September–16 December 2026

Honorarium: 50 SEK + moms (on invoice)

Hours: 1 September–30 November 50%, 1–16 December 100%

Workspace: Festival office at Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm

We are looking for you who are currently studying, recently graduated or have experience with one (or many) of the following fields:

Community building
Entrepreneurship
Event management or coordination
Cultural production or Culture studies
Urban development
Sociology/Anthropology
Volunteerism
Leadership + team building

You are based in Stockholm and fluent in Swedish and English. Other languages such as Arabic, Spanish, Tigrinya, Finnish or Mandarin are a plus.

You are outgoing and confident speaking to people you’ve just recently met.

A good knowledge of Stockholm is a plus.

Key responsibilities

This internship position will focus on assisting the strategic team with the following missions:

Coordinating the activations in public space around the city artworks
Supporting the festival’s community building and audience development
Coordinating the guided tours
Coordinating the student experts and volunteers

In your role you will participate in the Nobel Week Lights strategic team meetings and you should be comfortable working both with the team and independently to reach the festival goals.