Mass murderer Anders Breivik today told a court he slaughtered 94 people to save Europe from Marxists and a takeover by Muslims.
Wearing a red jumper, the 32-year-old killer was driven to the Oslo hearing in an armoured police convoy.
The case itself, which took place behind closed doors, lasted just 35 minutes during which a judge ruled he should be initially remanded in custody for eight weeks.
Breivik will be held in isolation for a month. He will not be allowed to receive visitors or letters, a specific request from the prosecution.
After the killer was taken away, district judge Kim Heger gave a brief summary of the case to reporters.
He revealed that Breivik claimed he had carried out the attacks to send a 'sharp signal to the people' and to stop the takeover of Muslims and Marxists.
The farmer claimed that there were two other cells poised to carry out similar attacks.
Accused: Anders Breivik (in the red jumper) arrives in court to face charges of mass murder today
Police presence: Breivik was escorted by a number of officers as he was driven to the courthouse
Justification: Breivik told the court he had carried out mass slaughter to give people a 'sharp signal'
Breivik had asked for an open hearing but the judge denied him a public platform for his extremist views.
He had prepared a lengthy speech justifying his reasons for killing scores of people in the twin terror attacks on Friday.
Speaking after the 35 minute hearing, district judge Kim Heger told reporters that Breivik had been remanded in custody for eight weeks and would be kept isolation for four.
He had also asked to be allowed to wear uniform at the hearing.
However, district judge Kim Heger today ruled that Breivik would appear in court in private giving him no opportunity to spout an anti-Muslim diatribe calling for revolution.
Escort: An convoy of armoured cars believing to be carrying Norwegian gunman Anders Breivik drives through Oslo on the way to court
Outriders: Breivik arrived at court without incident despite fears of a possible revenge attack
The gunman was remanded in custody for eight weeks. He will be kept in isolation for a month and will not be allowed to receive any visits or letters.
In an earlier statement, Judge Heger said that 'based on information in the case the court finds that today's detention hearing should be held behind closed doors, he said in a statement.
'It is clear that there is concrete information that a public hearing with the suspect present could quickly lead to an extraordinary and very difficult situation in terms of the investigation and security.'
Breivik arrived in court by a back entrance.
He was transported in a convoy of armoured police cars and the drivers managed to evade the huge crowds that had gathered outside.
So far little details have emerged from the hearing itself which lasted just 35 minutes.
In court: Breivik has asked to wear uniform for the hearing but Judge Kim Heger (pictured today, right) denied the request
Breivik was remanded in custody. He was removed from the courtroom and taken away in the same armoured convoy in which he arrived.
Reporters and locals had thronged the courthouse ahead of the hearing for their first glimpse of the killer since the assault.
When one car drove through the crowd, people hit its windows and one person shouted an expletive, believing Breivik was inside.
Peaceful, liberal Norway has been stunned by the bombing in downtown Oslo and the shooting massacre at a youth camp outside the capital, which the suspect said were intended to start a revolution to inspire Norwegians to retake their country from Muslims and other immigrants.
He blames liberals for championing multiculturalism over Norway's 'indigenous' culture.
The court acknowledged that there was a need for transparency in the case and that it normally would consider arguments from the press when making decisions to close hearings but said that wasn't possible 'for practical reasons.'
Breivik has admitted carrying out the massacre but has told police that he is not guilty of any crime.
His lawyer Geir Lippestad told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that Breivik had requested to appear in a uniform during the hearing, but didn't know what kind.
The gunman had also asked for an open hearing for his first appearance so that he could explain his atrocities to the public.
Prosecutors want Breivik detained for an initial eight weeks - normally this is in solitary confinement with no access to news, letters or visitors, except a lawyer.
His custody can be extended before his trial on terrorism charges. Police have said a trial could be a year away.
No entry: The doors of the courthouse in Oslo stand closed as journalists and members of the public crowd outside
Lockdown: Angry crowds had hoped to get a glimpse of Breivik has he arrived at court but he was taken to a back entrance
Minute's silence: The flag on the courthouse flies at half mast as an act of remembrance to the victims
The hearing has generated a debate about freedom of expression, with many Norwegians opposed to allowing a man who has shaken the nation's psyche to expound his radical views.
More than 60,000 people have signed up to a Facebook page called Shut The Doors On Monday, calling on the court to deny Breivik the publicity he craves.
Another Facebook group called Boycott Anders Behring Breivik carried the message: 'He has planned this stage, to get propaganda. Do NOT let him get that freedom...Boycott all media describing the Norwegian terrorist and his beliefs.'
If found guilty, Breivik faces a staggeringly lenient jail term as 21 years is the longest sentence available to judges in Norway's benevolent justice system.
Closed hearing: Security guards at the entrance of the court in Oslo where Anders Behring Breivik is due to appear later today
Huge interest: Journalists queue inside the building to try and get a space in court
In England and Wales, repeat killers can be told they will die behind bars with a 'whole life' tariff, and killers who use a knife or gun face minimum terms of 25 and 30 years.
But in Norway, few killers serve more than 14 years.
Even those given the maximum term can be released after two-thirds of their sentence, and many are given unsupervised weekend parole after just one third.
Only in exceptional cases, if officials consider a prisoner is still highly dangerous, will sentences be extended for additional five-year blocks.
Norway’s incarceration rates – the number of people jailed per head of population – are among the lowest in Europe. Some 66 are behind bars for every 100,000 citizens, less than half the figure for the UK.
Dead: Trond Berntsen (left), the step-brother of the Crown Princess of Norway, was a security guard at the event. Tore Eikeland, 21, was described as one of Norway's most promising young politicians
Missing: (left to right) Hanne Kristine Fridtun, Jamil Rafal Yasin and Tarald Mjelde have not been seen since the shooting on Friday
The age of criminal responsibility is 15, compared with ten in England and Wales.
Lack of jail spaces means some offenders can wait weeks or even months before being locked up.
Many spend this time at home, often in the heart of the communities where they committed their crimes.
In one notorious case, two boys who killed a five-year-old girl were back at school within two weeks.
The six-year-olds, who have never been named, punched, kicked and beat their playmate Silje Redergard in 1994, a year after the killing of James Bulger in Bootle, Merseyside.
James’s killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were jailed, then released with new identities, and remain on licence for the rest of their lives. Venables is back behind bars after admitting child pornography offences.
By contrast, Norway’s system saw the little girl’s killers given extensive counselling and therapy to help them get over what happened.
They still live in the suburb of Trondheim where the shocking offence took place.
Tribute: A mass of floral tributes have been laid outside Oslo's cathedral in the wake of the killings
Grief of a nation: Mourners have gathered by the makeshift shrine to pay their respects to the victims
Unimagined horror: The killings were the worst massacre carried out by a single gunman in history. dailymail.co.uk
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