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Two police officers had lifted Thunberg and dragged her some 20
meters from the door she had been obstructing before putting her
down on the ground.
Stockholm police said that although activists had the right to
demonstrate outside parliament, between five and 10 people had
been removed for blocking the entrance. They declined to comment
on specific individuals.
Thunberg and dozens of other environmental campaigners started
blocking the main entrances to Sweden's parliament on Monday in
a sit-down protest against the effects of climate change and
what they said was political inaction.
The activists left on Monday afternoon but returned to protest
on Tuesday morning.
Thunberg, 21, became the face of young climate activists as her
weekly protests, starting in 2018, in front of the Swedish
parliament quickly grew into a global youth movement with large
rallies across continents.
Last year Thunberg was detained by police or removed from
protests in countries including Sweden, Norway and Germany.
A British court last month acquitted her of charges of a public
order offence as a judge ruled that police had no power to
arrest her and others at a protest in London last year.
(Reporting by Ilze Filks, writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen,
editing by Terje Solsvik and Ed Osmond)
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