Nils Olav

Nils Olav
Sir Nils Olav
Født1972
Edinburgh Zoo
TroskabNorge Norge
Tjenestetid1972 –
RangMajor General & maskot
EnhedHans Majestet Kongens Garde

Sir Nils Olav er en kongepingvin, der tilhører Edinburgh Zoo i Skotland. Han er maskot[1][2][3] og Honourable Regimental Sergeant Major for Hans Majestæt Kongens Garde. Navnet og rangen er blevet videregivet til tre kongepingviner siden 1972. Den nuværende er Nils Olav III.[4]

Referencer

  1. ^ "Sir Nils Olav". Edinburgh Zoo. Arkiveret fra originalen 17. august 2017. Hentet 21. februar 2018.
  2. ^ Panganiban, Roma (4. april 2013). "Sir Nils Olav, Norway's Penguin Knight". mentalfloss.com. Hentet 4. juni 2013.
  3. ^ "Military penguin becomes a 'sir'". BBC. 15. august 2008. Hentet 4. juni 2013.
  4. ^ "Norwegian Knight". Scandinavian Press. Vol. 15, no. 4. Fall 2008. s. 9.
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The unofficial "mascot" of His Majesty The King's Guard, a battalion of the Norwegian Army, is a King Penguin named Nils Olav, which is part of the population at Edinburgh Zoo. The first penguin was adopted during the regiment's first participation in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 1961 and went on to achieve the rank of Regimental Sergeant-Major in 1993. The penguin died that year, and was replaced by a second penguin, also named Nils Olav. The current penguin was awarded the Norwegian Army's Long Service and Good Conduct medal in 2005 on the regiment's latest visit to the Tattoo.