Akilov is suspected of killing four people and wounding 15 by crashing a stolen beer truck Friday into shoppers on pedestrian Drottninggatan street in downtown Stockholm.
Mr Akilov reportedly ran from the scene of the attack, still covered in blood and glass, and was arrested hours later in a northern suburb of Stockholm.
Akilov had a green fleece jacket wrapped around his head, preventing the dozens of journalists on hand from seeing his face, but the judge ordered him to remove it.
Akilov had asked that a Sunni Muslim lawyer be appointed for him, instead of Eriksson, arguing that "only a lawyer of this faith could assert his interests in the best way", but that request was denied.
While the motive behind the terror attack is still unclear, the Swedish Police Authority said that it is certain that Akilov was behind the wheel of the truck that slammed into a crowded store.
The White House statement, issued Monday, said "the two leaders agreed to maintain and strengthen the already close partnership between the United States and Sweden in the global fight against terrorism". A number of people were also injured, including two who are in a critical condition.
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Swedish police have confirmed he had expressed "sympathies for extremist groups, including IS", but disclosed no other details.
Akilov, a construction worker who had been refused permanent residency in Sweden in June 2016, had gone underground a year ago after receiving a deportation order, police said. "So terrorists can never defeat Sweden, never".
Court documents identified Akilov as a citizen of Uzbekistan.
The country of 10 million people took in 244,000 asylum seekers in 2014 and 2015, the highest per capita in Europe. Akilov was previously known to Swedish intelligence services. But Swedish police chief Dan Eliasson said "there was nothing in the system that indicated that he would do anything like what happened on Friday". "I think it's very important to stay strong together against anything that wants to change our society, which is based on democracy", said one Swede who gave her name as Marianne.
The prosecutor's office said Tuesday that "the suspicions have weakened" against a second man who was detained Sunday as a possible accomplice.
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