The climate activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by police at a large demonstration in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Saturday.

Ms Thunberg was put in a large bus by local police, along with other protesters who tried to block a major highway into The Hague.

The demonstration, attended by approximately 100 people, was organised by the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion.

Extinction Rebellion has been protesting against fossil subsidies in the Netherlands for several years and Saturday’s protest marked its 37th blockade of the A12 highway.

“The A12 blockades have ensured that the injustice of fossil subsidies is clear to everyone,” Joost Thus, a spokesman for Extinction Rebellion, said ahead of the protest.

“The success of the A12 blockades has set in motion an international movement.”

At previous protests, police drove detained protesters to another part of town, where they were released without further consequences.

Local police were not immediately available for comment on Saturday.

Ms Thunberg became the face of young climate activists worldwide after staging weekly protests in front of the Swedish parliament in 2018.

She has been detained multiple times, including in Germany, Norway, Sweden and the UK.