Järva outreach internship

Opening Nobel Week Lights 2025 Tensta — © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Dan Lepp © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Dan Lepp

Järva outreach internship

Come work with us! Apply to the 2026 Järva 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: 65 SEK + moms (on invoice)

Hours: 1 September–28 November 80%, 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:

Education or Art pedagogy
Participative community projects
Social sustainability
Cultural production or Culture studies
Youth or children’ s projects and initiatives
Project management
Festival or event coordination
Urban development

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.

Deep knowledge of Järva is an asset.

Experience working with children is an asset.

Key responsibilities

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

Assisting the team’s education and Järva audience outreach program
Working closely with the City producer on the children’s art project
Working closely with the Tensta producer on community building
Connecting with local communities to create collaborative public programs
Coordinating outreach events in dialogue with the team

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.