Norway held an emotional memorial service Sunday in the capital, Oslo, for the 77 victims of July's two attacks by a right-wing extremist.

Concluding a month-long grieving period, Norway's King Harald sought to comfort his grieving nation in an address in which he said his thoughts have focused especially on those directly affected by the massacre. Harald said that “as a father, grandfather and a husband, I can only imagine your pain. As the country's king, I feel for every one of you.”

The July 22 massacre included a bombing in Oslo in which eight people perished and a shooting rampage at a youth camp on Utoeya island near the capital that left 69 others dead.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg urged his countrymen to look after each other and be vigilant for intolerance.

The nationally televised ceremony was attended by nearly 7,000 people, including relatives of the victims, survivors, emergency personnel and senior government officials and lawmakers. The audience also included a host of leading politicians and royals from neighboring countries.

Anders Behring Breivik has admitted to killing 77 people in carefully planned attacks to protest an influx of Muslims into Norway and to punish lawmakers for embracing multiculturalism.

But lawyers for the 32-year-old confessed killer say their client has denied criminal responsibility because he believes the killings were necessary to save Norway.

On Saturday, about 1,000 survivors and relatives traveled to Utoeya island to view the scenes of the shootings. Five hundred relatives of the dead visited the island Friday.