On Wednesday, Norwegian police detained environmental activist Greta Thunberg and other activists from the Ministry of Finance during a demonstration in Oslo.
Campaigners are calling for wind turbines to be removed from grasslands on indigenous Sami land in central Norway.
They have blocked access to several government buildings in recent days, throwing the centre-left minority government into crisis and causing Energy Minister Terje Aasland to cancel an official visit to Britain.
Holding red, blue, yellow and green Sami flags, Thunberg was picked up and escorted away by the police, while hundreds of protesters chanted slogans.
In 2021, Norway’s highest court ruled that two wind farms in Fosen violated Sami rights under international conventions, but the turbines have been operating for more than 16 months.
Thunberg, the global leader of the campaign to end the world’s dependence on carbon-based energy, was released along with the detained activists.
He joined a demonstration in Oslo on Monday. Its supporters argue that the transition to green energy should not take away Sami rights.
Deer herders say the sight and sound of giant wind turbines scares their animals and disrupts old customs.
The Ministry of Energy said the turbine remains in legal dispute despite the high court’s decision and that it hopes to reach a settlement, but it may take another year before a new decision in Fosen’s case.
On Tuesday, activists said they had raised nearly $100,000 in recent days to pay police fines to individual protesters.