He was sentenced to 21 years with a minimum of 10 years in prison, with custody. custody in Norway means that after 21 years he will be considered every five years if he can be released. Something that will not happen, he will be in prison the rest of his life. The Court read up all detail of what happened 22 July so that this details will be in Breivik documents and will act as a kind of fear of paper for those people that will evaluate Breivik in about 21 years.
So to those that say Norway has a soft judge (***** off, and learn to read, especially those that read "The Sun") while other countrys has lifetime or death as a sentence, Norway has also lifetime it is called XX-year with minimum XX-year in prison with custody, it means he will be evaluated after XX-year. This is a way Norway use to make sure they have space in the prison, if they didn't Norway would need at least 50% more jail if it wasn't for this system. (Perhaps a stupid system in some eyes, but if the person is evaluate as a no treath (85 year old man with special need), then he is safe. but it is not bulletproof.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/au ... e-21-years