According to Swedish scholar Matthias Gardell in his book "Gods of the Blood", Vikernes launched the Norwegian Heathen Front ("Norsk Hedensk Front") during his early years in prison. Gardell says this was a pagan neo-Nazi group that grew into the international Pan-Germanic Heathen Front ("Allgermanische Heidnische Front" or AHF). According to Xavier Cattarinich, Vikernes was the "self-proclaimed leader" of the Norwegian Heathen Front and Goodrick-Clarke mentions that Vikernes underlined "his role as chieftain of his Norwegian Heathen Front" with the writing of "Vargsmål". The Heathen Front officially denied that Vikernes was in charge. According to the authors of "Lord of Chaos", this may have been to protect him, as Norwegian prisoners were prohibited from leading political groups. In addition, the organization's listed address was the same PO box Vikernes used in prison, which the authors state would have made it "very hard for him to do an effective job" at leading the organization, as all letters would have been screened by the prison personnel. Vikernes said "I have never formed or been a member of such organizations. The only organization I am a member of is Riksmålsforbundet" ("The Society for the Preservation of Traditional Standard Norwegian").