The two met at Oxford University in the UK, where 22-year-old Yousafzai is studying. 17-year-old Thunberg is in the country to participate in an environmental event in Bristol on Friday.
“So ... Today I met my role model. What more can I say? ”, The Swedish writes on Twitter, where she posted two pictures where they pose together on a bench.
Women's rights activist Malala Yousafzai received the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize after being shot in the head by Taliban in her home country for working for girls' right to attend school. She has also posted a picture on Twitter and writes that Greta Thunberg is the only one she would go to school to meet.