A lighting arrangement having at least one fluorescent lamp comprising a tube that has at least one light emitting region, a high-voltage terminal at a first end of the tube and a low-voltage terminal at a second end of the tube, an electrically conductive surface being arranged adjacent to the light emitting region of the tube that extends at least partly over the length of the tube, a voltage that corresponds at least approximately to the voltage gradient over the tube being applied to the electrically conductive surface.