Norway attacks: How far right views created Anders Behring Breivik

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Killer's opinions are part of a wider political and cultural shift as anti-Islamic and xenophobic groups take root across Europe
Mark Townsend in Oslo and Ian Traynor in Brussels
Saturday 30 July 2011 18.56 BST

... To chart the evolution of Breivik from a child born to middle-class parents in the west of Oslo to perpetrator of the country's worst attack since the second world war, most experts recommend an initial look at mainstream politics ...

The fact that Breivik chose the internet to disseminate his ideology is important. His journey to terrorism was forged within a network of blogs where violence is glorified and multiculturalism despised, along with those who embrace it ...

The same month Breivik responded to Fjordman, he also surfaces on another hardline blog, Stormfront, a white supremacist forum run by a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and popular among neo-Nazis across the world ...

The next turning point in his journey to mass murderer can be traced to early 2009 when he registered as a member of Nordisk (Nordic), which has more than 22,000 members. The Nordisk forum was established in 2007 by the Nordiska Förbundet (Nordic League) organisation, which itself was founded in 2004 by the Nazi Swedish Resistance Movement ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/30/norway-attacks-anders-behring-breivik