Greta Thunberg arrested in Norway during a demonstration against illegal wind turbines

Norwegian police arrested the environmental activist briefly this morning Greta Thunberg during a demonstration in Oslo. In recent days indigenous and other activists have called for the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures in Norway and have blocked access to several government buildings.

Thunberg and others blocked one of the doors of the Norwegian finance ministry and were lifted out of the area by police, while other protesters chanted slogans. Norway’s Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that two wind farms built in Fosen in central Norway violated Sami rights under international conventions, yet the turbines remain in operation, now more than 16 months later.