Youth camp killer tells of far-right links in UK

Posting on EDL websites earlier this year, Breivik, 32, wrote that he had been to Bradford “some years ago” and wished to return to the UK to attend far-right rallies.

The killer, who admitted on Monday that he was behind the Oslo bombing and the Utoya Island gun rampage which killed 76 people, was also in contact with the EDL’s Norwegian counterpart, the NDL.

He used the pseudonym Sigurd Jorsalfare, after the 12th-century King of Norway who led one of the crusades, the left-wing magazine Searchlight claimed.

In messages posted online on March 9 this year, Breivik praised EDL members for their “good work” and stated his desire to take part in demonstrations in Britain.

One post read: “i’ve seen with my own eyes what has happened to england, i was in bradford some years ago, me and a friend walked down to the football stadium of bradford, real ‘nice’ neighborhood, same thing in the suburbs of london.

“well thinking about taking a little trip over the sea and join you in a demo. would be nice with a norwegian flag alongside with union jack or the english flag, that is if a norwegian would be welcome offcourse?”

In another post, Breivik wrote: “Hello. To you all good English men and women, just wanted to say that you’re a blessing to all in Europe, in these dark times all of Europe are looking to you in surch of inspiration, courage and even hope that we might turn this evil trend with islamisation all across our continent.”

Breivik revealed his pseudonym in a rambling 1,500-page manifesto posted online shortly before the attacks, in which he wrote: “Everyone is using code names; mine is Sigurd (the Crusader).”

Norwegian police told the Yorkshire Post they had yet to establish if and when Breivik previously lived in the UK.

A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police said it was neither assisting nor sharing intelligence with the Norwegian authorities.

An organiser of the anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate Yorkshire, Paul Meszaros, said he was not aware of Breivik’s links to Bradford. The EDL issued a statement insisting that it has never had “any official contact” with Breivik and that there was no evidence that he ever registered as a supporter.