"Many of the initiatives around Breivik are designed to prevent hostage-taking,' he explained. "This makes it impossible to provide normal contact with others." Mr Bjarkeid said that Breivik's calm demeanour in prison and in court had not led the authorities to see him as a lesser threat. "He is a soldier in phase three of his own war. He still behaves exactly as he himself has described in his manifesto." The 33-year-old extremist is likely to spend at least the next 21-years at the jail, regardless of the verdict.