On Tuesday, it's time, but this year's Nobel looks to be turbulent: At the same time as the royal family arrives, protests against literary prize winner Peter Handke are ongoing.
This year's Nobel festivities can be stormy - even stormier than in a long time.
While the royal family's two parade limousines are rolling in front of the heavily barred Concert Hall in Stockholm just before 4:30 pm on Tuesday - and all seven are sliding out in full gala attire - protests will take place a few hundred meters away.
- We have given permission for a stagnant demonstration against the decision to award the Nobel Prize in literature to Peter Handke. It will take place at Norrmalmstorg between 17:00 and 21:00 on the Nobel Day, December 10, says police spokesman Towe Hägg to Svensk Damtidning
Who is behind the application?
- It is a private person, but who we are we don't go out with. That task is only public when it comes to an association or organization.
Towe Hägg says that the demonstration also has permits for choral singing and theater plays, and that sounds peaceful - but the protests against the controversial Austrian author Peter Handke, 76, arouse very strong feelings. This is because he has denied war crimes committed in Bosnia during the Balkan War in the 1990s.
The demand of the king before the Nobel
The storm of criticism against him started with full force the day the decision became known and the royal family was withdrawn fairly immediately. "Refuse to distribute the prize, King!", For example, demanded former Liberal MEP Jasenko Selimović.
- It is shameful that the Swedish Academy gives the award to Peter Handke. This is a man who in his books diminishes the war crimes, he told SVT News.
And Alen Musaefenic, a business center political expert, attacked Expressen's culture page.
It has also been speculated as to whether the fact that Princess Christina has decided to attend the Nobel festivities this year would be a silent protest against Peter Handke, but the rumors are strongly demented by the director of the press department, Margareta Thorgren.
Turbulensen inför Nobel _ Svensk Dam
Svensk Damtidning has previously told that the king's sister, Princess Christina, doesn't attend the Nobel party this year. And since then, some have been worried that Christina's absence has something to do with her past medical history.
But now the court states that the princess is doing well. The fact that she doesn't attend is not due of her feeling ill, says Margareta Thorgren.
Christina and husband Tord Magnuson have other commitments this year instead.
Nu svarar hovet –*efter orosmolnen kring Christinas frånvaro _ Svensk Dam
