There he also claims he was never a Nazi, only a nationalist, however this is refuted by organizations which keep a tab on neo-Nazi activity across Europe.
His father who is of ethnic German ancestry had been honoured for his participation in the resistance movement during World War II.
Inquiries among ordinary people published by the mainstream media would readily call for the neo-Nazis to be strung up from the nearest lamppost.
In the 2006 interview Nilsen states that nobody in Norway after World War II has suffered as much because of their political convictions as he has.
[1] In the 1990s he became central in the neo-Nazi network Blood & Honour, and founded the record label Ragnarock.