The Swedish Academy's choice of Nobel Laureate in 2019 has been far from uncontroversial and the debate over whether the author Peter Handke should have been awarded the award has been going on full force since the announcement on October 10.

- Utopin would be that the king does not award the prize or that Handke does not receive it. We cannot be silent, no matter what happens, we must know that we have done something, Teufika Šabanović told the Culture News earlier this fall. She is the spokesperson and organizer of the manifestation, which will be held in Stockholm on Tuesday.

Some of those who will be speaking at the demonstration are the organization Srebrenica's Mothers, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Roy Gutman, Le Monde correspondent Florence Hartmann and Alida Bremer, literary critic, author and translator.

Police: Between 800 and 1500 people will participate

According to the Stockholm Police, the manifestation at Norrmalmstorg is permissible between 17:00 and 21:00.

- The organizer estimates that between 800 and 1500 people will participate, says Anna Westberg, press spokesperson for the police in the Stockholm region, to the Culture News.

Security around the Nobel celebration in Stockholm is high, but the police do not want to comment on whether it is higher than usual.

- It's always a great police resource working with Nobel. This is a major security challenge with several worthy individuals and we cooperate with several players, says Anna Westberg.

Kosovo, Albania and Turkey boycotts

During the week, three countries, Kosovo, Albania and Turkey, have also decided to boycott the Nobel ceremony as this year's Nobel Prize in literature goes to the author and playwright Peter Handke.

In an e-mail to SVT News, the Albanian embassy writes that they have sent an e-mail to the Nobel Foundation where they have written that the boycott is a "protest against Mr. Handke's support for former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic ".