Ulf Nielsen sits on the board of both the Swedish Theater Technology Association (STTF) and the Swedish Lighting Designers Association (SLF).

Ulf has a background at Malmö Music Theater as lighting director and also as lighting designer for various productions ranging from spoken theater, musicals, ballet, and opera. Ulf has also done freelance work as a lighting designer. He also works as a technical producer at European and World Championships in Magic around the world.

In 2005, Ulf and colleagues from Malmö University’s technical education program Stagevision Oresund AB started a company that offers short and long courses and training in various areas of lighting, image, lighting, and stage technology, as well as costume, pyrotechnics, and scenography. In recent years, safety courses such as electrical safety, fall protection, rigging, scaffolding, and mobile platforms have dominated the course offerings.

In recent years, Ulf has represented the Swedish Theater Technical Association (STTF) in various working groups within our authorities, such as the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority, the Swedish Work Environment Authority, and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. Through STTF, Ulf has a solid network and knows most of the technical managers in the theater and event industry throughout Sweden, but also in the Nordic countries.

In the absence of vocational training for theater and event technicians, STTF has been working with the industry since 2007 to establish a training program for theater and event technicians as a complement to SKH. Under the slogan “no vocational training, no profession,” Ulf and STTF, together with the industry, have designed the basic content for the YH programs for theater, event, and stage technicians at both YRGO in Gothenburg and Frans Schartau in Stockholm, but now also with Prefoming Art School as the main provider of the technician program Stage, Event, and Digital Production, starting in August 2022.

As a representative of the Swedish Theatre Technicians’ Association, Ulf is part of the Erasmus project together with representatives from Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. European Theatre Technicians Education (ETTE) Basic safety for the theatre and event industry. The group has developed manuals and teacher guides for teachers across Europe. http://stage-tech-edu.eu/

Ulf is now also working as a project manager for Scandlight and is part of the project group for Conference by Candlelight, both in Stockholm in June 2026.