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Breivik, who has legally changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen,
killed 77 people in a car bombing in central Oslo and shooting
spree on Utoeya island in 2011, the worst act of violence in the
Nordic country since World War Two.
The Strasbourg-based court "rejected the application as
inadmissible for being manifestly ill-founded", according to a
ruling by a committee of three judges.
"The decision is final," it said.
Breivik, an anti-Muslim right-wing fanatic, says his
near-isolation in a three-room cell violates a ban on inhuman or
degrading treatment and a right to privacy and family life under
the European Convention on Human Rights.
Oslo district court agreed with him in a 2016 ruling, but it was
overturned by an appeals court in March 2017. Norway's Supreme
Court declined to hear his appeal in the case.
Norway says that draconian measures, including hundreds of strip
searches and no contact with other inmates, are justified for an
unrepentant 39-year-old far-right extremist who could be
attacked by other prisoners.
Breivik is serving Norway’s longest sentence -- 21 years with
the possibility of an extension. His only contacts are lawyers
and professionals such as guards and health workers.
Breivik's lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Gwladys Fouche and Alister Doyle, editing by Terje
Solsvik and Catherine Evans)
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