"I do not recognise the Norwegian courts," the 33-year-old told Judge Wenche Arntzen at the launch of the trial. "You have your mandate from political parties who support multiculturalism," he added, accusing her of being a personal friend of the sister of Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former labour prime minister who Breivik had intended to kill when he attacked the island of Utoya, last July.