Abstract: A continuous, foil-like electroluminescent lighting element having a plurality of separate units, each unit constituted of one or more discrete pieces of a phosphor, and being fully encapsulated in a cell consisting of a dielectric, which cell is at least partly embedded in a sealing substance. The element also comprises two electrodes, of which at least one is at least partly light-transmissive and between which electrodes are disposed the dielectric cells containing the encapsulated phosphor units, and the sealing substance. Each of the phosphor-containing cells is thereby substantially isolated from adjacent cells.