Pictured: Greta Thunberg arrested for protesting oil tankers in Sweden

Police carry off Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg was dragged away by police and arrested after blocking oil tankers in the harbor of Malmö, Sweden, in for five days.

Ms. Thunberg was with members of Tatilbaka framtiden, or Take Back the Future, when she was taken away by the police on Monday.

The campaigner was arrested several times for her activism, including including in Germany and in Oslo, where she protested against an onshore wind farm.

Police talking to Ms Thunberg. Photo: Johan Nilsson She said on Saturday: “The climate crisis is a matter of life and death for countless people. We have decided to physically shut down fossil fuel infrastructure. We are restoring the future.”