Anders Behring Breivik trial: friends of killer give evidence live 11.22am Some interesting observations from other journalists in court: 11.18am Geir Lippestad, Breivik's lawyer has taken up the questioning. He is asking the witness about the killer's political development. He was quite clear that the Koran was not only a holy text, but a political ideology. But he says Breivik showed none of the narcissistic traits, using 'we' instead of 'I' that he did in his manifesto and in his opening statements in the trial. The subject was immigration politics, and the feeling that Europe was being invaded. Very often when your'e talking about politics, you'll talk about 'we' as a political party, but not as an identity crisis. 11.07am Richard Orange, in court in Oslo, expands: Unlike the first witness, this one says that Breivik had close contact with his mother while he lived with her, and that she did not appear to mind him playing computer games for a whole year. I think they had a more friendly relationship than a mother and son normally have. She found that it was fantastic to have him there. 11.03am Questions again turn to Breivik's relationship with his mother, as the BBC's Lars Bevanger reports: 11.01am Like the first witness, this witness has no memory of the two fights and violent encounters Breivik claims to have had with Muslims. "I also think that I would have remembered it if I had heard them," he said. 10.57am The friend says he hadn't thought that Breivik was an extremist. I would describe it as far right, but not necessarily extremist. I wasn't that interested in sitting there listening to his political beliefs. It was clear that his focus was on immigration politics and particularly Islam, threatening the European joint values. There are some interesting comments related to Breivik's sanity, particularly his 'neologisms', self-coined political phrases that the first psychiatrists to examine him saw as evidence of schizophenia. The friend said that Breivik was fixated on terms such as 'multiculturalists',and "national darwinists' after moving into his mothers' house in 2006. There were some words I tried to confront him with, and then he was very angry. He would be furious. He would get very heated. He had no understanding of there being another side to it. His perception of the world was the only true one. I said there are also other views, but I simply couldn't get through to him. 10.54am Richard Orange writes: The friend says that Breivik became "extremely absorbed in politics" only after he moved in with his mother in 2006. I had not perceived Breivik to have a particular interest in politics, with the exception of perhaps immigration politics, and this has also been a gradual development. When I got to know Breivik, we didn't talk about politics. he has become gradually focused throughout the years on this subject. Even when Breivik joined the anti-immigration Progress Party, his friend said he had believed he was "more interested in the socialisation that went with being in the youth member of a political party." 10.52am The friend remembers finding Breivik's idea of writing a book was "very strange." I didn't feel that he had the necessary basis for doing that. I asked a few questions, but I don't think I got any clear answers to them. But that's Anders, he was very evasive. He said that from this point in 2008, Breivik would either talk about his book, or about politics when they met. 10.43 The friend says he thought it was positive when Breivik moved out his mothers house and to the farm, Richard Orange reports: I thought that perhaps he had now emerged form his depression, and was starting to make money again," he said. He was very focused that there were government subsidies on the farm and that that would at least cover his rent. I thought he would maybe get away from the hectic life and the thing about being successful, which perhaps is more common on the western side of Oslo. Later the friend learned Breivik had actually moved to the farm in order to make a bomb. A view of gunman Anders Behring Breivik's farm in Asta, in eastern Norway Bags of fertiliser in the yard of farm rented by Anders Behring Breivik in Rena 10.35 Questioning moves on to the friend's last meeting with Breivik in a cafe, a month before he carried out his massacre. He was rather focused of sitting and talking about politics. For my part I tried not to listen that hard. I felt it was very tiring, but at the same time I thought it was nice that he was outside to meet a friend. He also remembers that at a party earlier in the year, Breivik announced to the whole table that he couldn't drink because he was taking anabolic steroids. "I wondered whether he was joking," he said. 10.30am We are hearing now that several of Breivik's friends went out of their way to entice Breivik out of his mother's house and convince him to socialise, to no avail. As the BBC's Lars Bevanger reports: 10.27am The friend reveals that some who knew Breivik believed he was depressed about being gay and not feeling able to come out. After he moved in with his mother, his friend said he thought Breivik entered "a deep depression" 10.24am When Breivik moved to his own flat in 2003, his friends became even more worried. It was a real bachelor pad, a lot of frozen pizza and frozen food in general. He had two computers in an apartment so that took up a lot of space. He was still playing games, so when we came to visit him, it was still important for us to play a lot of games. It was pointed out constantly: 'You can't prioritise playing games and not coming out with us'. Sometimes he would come along with us, but more often he heard what we said but felt it was more important to make false diplomas and play games. 10.20am Richard Orange writes from Oslo: The friend remembers that when they were living together, Breivik started becoming more absorbed in playing computer games late into the night. He said there was less and less contact with the other flatmates. Gradually there was less contact in the shared apartment, because we didn't work together any more. He said they tried to stop him playing games so much, but without much success. We didn't have much influence, because if he'd decided how he was going to lead his own life, he wouldn't listen much. World of Warcraft holds the record for the most popular online game 10.16am The second friend repeats the impression given by the first: that Breivik appeared perfectly sociable and well-adjusted as he started out on his business career. I can remember that he was well-liked among the work colleagues. I think that he's done pretty well. A lot of what Anders has been doing has been to start his own companies and make money. 10.14am Unlike the first witness, this witness shared a flat with Breivik. Prosecutor Svein Holden goes straight in on the killer's personality. He's industrious, very picky, focused, and perhaps a bit self-centred. He spends all his time and energy on solving tasks which he wishes to dedicate his time to. There's a great focus on that and then there isn't much time for other things. He agrees with the first witness that Breivik was fastidious about his appearance. He's very particular to his looks, how he appears, how he looks to others. It's very important for him formalities. 10.10am We're back in session. 9.48am That's the end of the first session. Richard Orange reports: So that wraps up the first testimony and we have a break for 15 minutes. Breivik has described this witness as his least intellectual friend, a body-building fireman with no interest in politics, which came across in the way he noticed little wrong with his friend's development over the years. Among the next witnesses are Breivik's more educated lawyer friend, who will perhaps have more to say on his far-Right ideology. 9.33am Geir Lippestad is asking detailed questions about the barbecue Breivik had with his friends in April 2012, just four months before his attacks. The witness says again that there was very little about Breivik's behaviour at that time that seemed unusual. Breivik - who is not in the courtroom but in a separate room watching proceedings on a screen at the request of the witnesses - has sent a message to his lawyer, saying he wants to make a brief direct comment to the witness. There's a crackle of excitement before Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen declines the request, saying Breivik can comment at the end of the day once the witness has stood down. 9.29am Breivik's defence lawyer Geir Lippestad takes over the questioning. Anders Behring Breivik (R) talks to his lawyer Geir Lippestad at the start of the trial Richard Orange writes: Lippestad has managed to get the witness to confirm that Breivik's fascination with Islam and race politics may have begun when he was just 18. He asks about the nose surgery that Breivik had in 1999. "I believe that he said he wanted a more Aryan nose," his friend remembers, although remarkably, his friend said he did not connect this to ideology at the time. I do think of a white man, an Aryan. You do think of right-wing politics, or perhaps along the lines of Hitler's philosophy," he admits. I didn't think that much about it at the time. He also remembers that when Breivik was only 18 or 19, he was already fascinated by Islam. I remember that he had fairly good kowledge of the contacts of the Koran . I rememebr that if we took a taxi home, he could discuss the contents of the Koran with the taxi driver. 9.36am The last question from Prosecutor Engh is on Facebook. According to the witness, when he became Facebook friends with Breivik in 2009 or 2010, the killer had more than 3,000 friends on Facebook. I remember that I reacted to this because he had many friends, 3,000 friends. I would say that's a lot. That's a lot. He said he remembers confronting Breivik about one post on his page from a woman that said that he made "a good contribution to the Aryan race." I said, 'what kind of woman writes this, and he had deleted it, he was embarrassed by it. One friend, a fire officer who Breivik has known since he was 11 years old has now taken the stand. He has said that the four people wish to remain anonymous. The court appearance will be particularly difficult for one of them, who works as a lawyer for the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. Breivik in his manifesto claimed to have convinced him, a supporter of a left wing party, of his anti-Islamic views. "I am happy to see that (he) is finally coming to his senses regarding his views on the Islamisation of Europe, and I expect him to use his vote on the only anti-multiculturalist party during the election in a year's time," he wrote. The friends have asked not to be identified, a request granted by the court. Among them are a man Breivik described as his "closest friend," a woman who the killer had known since he was 11 years old, and a lawyer who the killer sees as an intellectual sparring partner, despite his left-wing views.