In the interviews printed in the 1998 book "Lords of Chaos", Vikernes discusses his background and childhood. "Lords of Chaos" also includes an interview with his mother, Helene Bore (the book and a newspaper depicted there refer to her with the given name Lene, whereas Vikernes' own website uses the name Helene). In a 2004 interview, Vikernes said his mother was "working in a large oil company". His father is an electronics engineer, and his older brother is a civil engineer.