Norway terror suspect says he had help

They also revised upward the number of dead in the bombing, from seven to eight.

Breivik appeared at a closed arraignment hearing as Norwegians paused for a minute’s silence to mark the deaths.

While acknowledging that he carried out the attacks, Breivik “has not pleaded guilty,’’ Judge Kim Heger told a televised news conference, in remarks translated by an official of the court.

The judge said Breivik had been charged under criminal law with “acts of terrorism,’’ including an attempt to “disturb or destroy the functions of society, such as the government’’ and to spread “serious fear’’ among the population.

Breivik was ordered to be held for the next eight weeks, the first four in solitary confinement. He told police that there were “two further cells in our organization,’’ reporters were told.

Breivik is the only person accused so far in the attacks, in which a huge bomb exploded in central Oslo, followed by a shooting rampage against a camp run by the ruling Labor Party on the nearby island of Utoya.

In testimony, Heger said, Breivik had said he “believes that he needed to carry out these acts to save Norway’’ and Western Europe from “cultural Marxism and Muslim domination.’’

The court appearance was Breivik’s first since he was captured Friday.

Through his lawyer, he had indicated that he wanted to use the hearing as a platform and had wished to appear wearing some kind of uniform. The court rejected those requests.

The judge said Breivik had wished to “give a sharp signal’’ and inflict “the worst possible loss’’ on the Labor Party, accusing it of failing to prevent a “mass importing of Muslims’’ into Norway.

Shortly before Breivik’s arrival, the court said in a statement that the detention hearing should be held behind closed doors.

“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,’’ the court said.