Breivik's defense attorney Øystein Storrvik confirmed the parole application to Aftenposten. According to Adresseavisen, Storrvik described the application as a legal right to have the risk of reoffending assessed by the court, which can be done every other year. Breivik was sentenced in August 2012 for the terrorist attacks in Regjeringskvartalet and on Utøya, receiving the maximum penalty at the time: 21 years of preventive detention.
Under Norwegian law, a person serving preventive detention may apply for parole one year after a final judgment denying parole. This will be the last parole hearing before a possible extension case in 2031/32. Breivik's previous parole application in autumn 2024 was rejected by Ringerike, Asker and Bærum District Court, which found that the risk of reoffending had not decreased since the 2012 sentence. The court noted that Breivik had started programs with potential rehabilitative effect but that they had not progressed enough to have any effect, and placed significant weight on expert assessments that the risk of reoffending remained 'imminent'.
We have on his behalf submitted an application for parole. It is a right he has under the law to have the risk of reoffending assessed by the court. In practice every other year.
During the previous hearing, Breivik entered with a foil sign and read a statement describing himself as a political soldier and speaking about genocide against white people. He asked then-President-elect Donald Trump to stop what he called NATO's war against Russia, and requested support for Russia, China, and Iran, calling for the establishment of asylum centers in those countries. He also asked all conservatives in Europe to migrate to their own zones, mentioning Florida in the USA and Kristiansand in Norway. Breivik had shaved a 'Z' into each side of his head, a symbol associated with support for Russia's war in Ukraine.
Breivik has been held in isolation in prison since his sentencing. He changed his name to Far Skaldigrimmr Rauskjoldr av Northrik in the National Registry last year. He has lost two lawsuits against the state claiming violations of his human rights during his imprisonment.