Intern for the H.C. Andersen project at the Royal Library in Copenhagen

Do you want to work in depth with digital cultural heritage and gain experience with original manuscripts from H.C. Andersen while developing your analytical and methodological skills?

At The Royal Library we are seeking an intern for a larger digitization and dissemination project, where you will have the opportunity to work with the author's manuscripts, letters and personal papers and contribute to making them accessible for both researchers and the public.

The project includes digitization and dissemination of the entire H.C. Andersen collections at The Royal Library, which are part of UNESCO's Memory of the World.

About the internship program

As an intern you will be part of the project team and gain insight into the entire digitization process from physical archive material to digital dissemination.

The internship gives you the opportunity to

• Gain practical experience with transcription of historical manuscripts in Transkribus
• Work on quality assurance and method development in connection with AI-based handwriting recognition
• Work analytically and methodically with historical documents
• Convey historical sources to both digital and academic audiences
• Collaborate with universities and develop teaching and events about the H.C. Andersen material
• Link internship tasks to your studies

Your tasks

Your internship tasks provide broad insight into the work with historical manuscripts and digital dissemination.

You will among other things be able to work with

• Contribute to method development and verify AI-generated transcriptions of handwritten sources from H.C. Andersen
• Contextualization and mapping of persons and places in selected sources
• Documentation of workflows in the digitization and transcription process
• Historical research and archival investigations
• Development of dissemination content based on historical sources (web, social media and teaching programs for universities)

There will be an opportunity to gain insight into the work of other departments as part of the H.C. Andersen project (conservation, retro-digitization and events).

About the department

You will be part of the Department of Historical Collections and Research, which manages some of the most important parts of Danish and European cultural heritage, including the Manuscripts Collection, Book History Collections, Folklore Collection, Music and Theatre Collection, and Map and Image Collection.

The department works with collecting, making accessible, researching and disseminating unique collections and plays a central role in making cultural heritage accessible to both researchers and the public.

About you

We envisage that you

• Are a student in a relevant higher education such as history, Danish or literary history
• Work in a structured, methodical and analytical way
• Have good written communication skills in Danish and English
• Are curious about digitization, metadata and working with large data sets
• Have an interest in 19th-century cultural history and literature
• Can read older handwriting (gothic)
• Have experience with one or more digital tools such as Transkribus, Alma or Cumulus.

We offer

An informative internship program in The Black Diamond in the center of Copenhagen, where you will have the opportunity to combine academic immersion with practical experience. We can offer you to be part of a professionally engaged environment where you come close to the cultural heritage and have the opportunity to leave your own mark on your tasks. We also work in an institution that shows respect for every employee and where everyone's well-being is emphasized.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment is subject to a satisfactory security check.

Place of employment is The Royal Library, The Black Diamond, Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 Copenhagen K.

The internship is unpaid. The internship must be part of your studies and provide 30 ECTS credits in accordance with your study program.

Duration: 5 months

Working hours are about 37 hours per week, corresponding to 30 ECTS, and adapted to your study program.

Practical information

The position can only be applied for electronically via the link "apply for the position".

Attach your application and CV and please note if you have experience with any of the mentioned digital tools.

Applications must be received no later than Monday 19 October 2026.

We expect to hold interviews in week 44.

For further information about the job, please contact project manager Anja Meier Sandreid at phone +45 9132 4956 or email: [email protected].

If you have technical problems, please contact HR Manager Talent Solutions Support at tel. 7244 0644.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Application deadline: Oct 19, 2026

Department: Søren Kierkegaards Pl. 1, 1221 Copenhagen K 1221 Copenhagen K

Location: HIS