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Meet the youngest general of the Norwegian army, the penguin Sir Nils Olav III is decorated in Edinburgh (PHOTO&VIDEO)

2023-08-21 22:07:08Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

Meet the youngest general of the Norwegian army, the penguin Sir Nils Olav III
The Sir Nils Olav III penguin is decorated in Edinburgh

 

A famous king penguin from Edinburgh Zoo has been decorated as a guard of honor and given the rank of general in a ceremony attended by 160 soldiers.

Sir Nils Olav III, who lives in Edinburgh's Penguins Rock and even wears his epaulettes attached to one of his arms, is adored by his majesty the King of Norway and always pays official visits.

Meet the youngest general of the Norwegian army, the penguin Sir Nils Olav III

In 1961, the Norwegian King's Guard visited Edinburgh for a training demonstration and Major Nils Egelien became obsessed with the penguin colony at this zoo.

He pointed out the similarity between the royal march of the king penguins and the way the soldiers of the Norwegian King's Guard marched.

More than a decade later in 1972, a king penguin at the zoo was adopted and named after Major Nils Egelien and King Olav of Norway who was on the throne at the time.

It then became a tradition for the Royal Norwegian Guard to visit the Royal Penguin of Edinburgh every year.

Meet the youngest general of the Norwegian army, the penguin Sir Nils Olav III

This month, Sir Nils Olav was promoted to the rank of major general for "setting an excellent example to the rest of the penguins".

The penguin now holds the third highest rank in the Norwegian Army, meaning Sir Nils now outranks the soldier he was named after in the 70s.

Meet the youngest general of the Norwegian army, the penguin Sir Nils Olav III

The penguin in question became a corporal in 1982, a sergeant in 1987, a regimental sergeant major in 1993, an honorable regimental sergeant major in 2001 and a colonel in chief in 2005. He received a knighthood in 2008, which had to be approved by King Harald V of Norway and became a brigadier in 2016.

Meet the youngest general of the Norwegian army, the penguin Sir Nils Olav III

Now, he holds the title Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands and official mascot of His Majesty's King's Guard of Norway.

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