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Sir Nils Olav promoted at Edinburgh Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo
He is the very model of a modern major general!
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okay here is another thing I love and wanted to share.... so if you have insta, the National Aquarium in NZ have a page where each month they have a naughty and nice for the penguins 🐧. I find it very funny (though my humour may be odd). Check it out or goggle if you want one day. Here is an example of one of my favs
Im actually a little jealous of Mo I mush day 😄
I absolutely love this and will go follow them asap!
But on the talks of penguins, have you heard of Brigadier Nils Olav of the Norwegian Army?
This is our boy
Here he is, posing with the Kings guards
And another of him inspecting the troup
Being saluted 🥺😍
And being knighted
He’s got his little «luemerke» on his wing to show his status 😍🥺😌
#karen speaks#penguin facts#sir nils olav#we knighted a penguin#and I love it#send me things to help cheer me up ❤️
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May I present to you the freshly promoted Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands
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@duchessofostergotlands Sir Nils Olav III has been promoted to the rank of major general for “setting a superb example for the rest of the penguins”. I saw this and had to tell you immediately.
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#this is the most delightful thing i have read today#congratulations on the promotion sir nils olav iii#that penguin now outranks uh... most of us 😂
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Our editorial director is working out of the Edinburgh office this week and is making a trip to the zoo tomorrow. Things got derailed in the team chat.
#I just wanted her to say hello to Major General Sir Nils Olav commander in chief of the Norwegian Army#And also a very fine penguin#gollancz blogging
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One of the best things I have learned while doing research for writing fan fiction is that the country of Norway, in real life, for real, knighted a penguin and gave him a position in the Norwegian army. This penguin is named Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III, and he lives in the Edinburgh Zoo. Every time the Norwegian King's Guard visits the zoo, they promote him in rank. He is now the colonel-in-chief of the King's Guard.
My favorite parts of his Wikipedia page are:
"The knighthood was approved by King Harald V and Nils was the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian Army."
At his knighthood ceremony, "a citation from the King was read out, which described Nils as a penguin 'in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood'."
"Nils Olav now outranks Nils Egelien" aka the human soldier he was originally named after.
And finally this:
#unfortunately sir nils will not be featured in the fanfic i am writing#but maybe someday i can figure out a way to include him#norway#brigadier sir nils olav iii#penguin
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No matter how bad your job is, take heart that you’re not in the Norwegian military, and outranked by a bloody penguin.
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Norway & Scotland and their son (sir nils olav iii)
Norway always takes the time to visit his son in Edinburgh zoo when he is in the city 🥰🥰🥰
#hetalia#aph norway#hws norway#hws scotland#aph scotland#scotnor#I'll just pretend this one has not been sitting in my inbox since january#😅😅😅#I had this on my list of scotnor things to draw before you sent it tho!! I'm just scared of drawing animals 🥺
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Today I learned that there is a penguin in the Norwegian army: Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III, colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. He lives in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. 🐧
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They knighted a fucking penguin. Why would anyone think there ever be logic to these things?
SIR NILS OLAV EARNED HIS POSITION, ACTUALLY!!
#that picture has been my work laptop background for about 8 years lol#ask#anon#general royals#norwegian royal family
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Some ScotNor headcanons,
Bc it’s been a while since I shared some.
Norway always buys so many books whenever he visits Scotland, because they’re so much cheaper there, to the point where Scotland has a few shelves on his bookcase filled with Norway’s books instead of his own. They don’t always fit in Nor’s case, and sometimes it’s nice to just have some books there waiting for him.
Scotland is 100% the driver out of these two, because he doesn’t trust Norway behind a wheel. Scotland is actually surprisingly quite careful when he drives, whereas Norway always goes way too fast under the logic of “I’ve driven this speed over icy mountains, this is nothing 🙄”
Whenever they visit one another, they have a morning routine to wake up at 06:00, go on a quick morning walk, come back and have breakfast, and then get started on their activities for the day. It works for them! The only problem is when Scotland wants to stay in bed and cuddle for a bit, but Norway doesn’t understand the concept of a lie in.
Nor will take frequent naps throughout the day though, if they head inside and sit down for a moment, he will accidentally fall asleep on Scot’s chest.
They enter charity marathons together quite frequently
Scotland has a hearing dog, called lassie, and bc she’s a Scottish terrier her paws aren’t fit for Norwegian winters, so norway keeps dog slippers in his flat (or house) just for when Scotland visits during the colder months.
Norway is constantly knitting things for Scotland. Those happen to be some of the only items of clothing Nor won’t steal from Scotland and wear himself.
Scotland speaks to his highland cows- neòinean and eilidh- in Norwegian to try and practice the language for his boyfriend
Due to multiple different factors, but mainly their shared desperation to cling to independence, these two are incredibly slow burn and, despite centuries of pining, move at an exhaustingly slow pace that would tire out most other people, but it’s just what feels natural to them, ig.
They both like to claim that Sir Nils Olav III is their son, and they will get into debates over whether he is actually a Norwegian penguin or a Scottish penguin.
#been a while#I missed making headcanon posts#so here we areee#I have probs shared some of these before#i don’t really care#hetalia#aph norway#aph scotland#hws norway#hws scotland#scotnor
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Nils! He was promoted during the last festival; now he's Major General Sir Nils Olav III.
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🐧 Princess Anne and Sir Tim Laurence having a fabulous time during a visit to the Penguin Enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations on 3 June 2022
#as would I be IF I GOT TO FEED PENGUINS#WHERE IS SIR NILS OLAV#bring out the colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard#princess anne#princess royal#tim laurence#timothy laurence#anne does stuff#workanne 9 to 5#british royal family#brf#platinum jubilee
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Ich liebe es, wenn Eltern plötzlich mit Lore rausrücken, die sie zuvor noch nie erzählt haben.
Das ist Sir Pingu und er wurde mal des Drogenschmuggels bezichtigt. Eigentlich wurde er zwar nie zum Ritter geschlagen, aber er wollte unbedingt auch so einen coolen Titel haben wie sein großes Vorbild Sir Nils Olav III.
Irgendwann Anfang der 2000er sind wir in den Urlaub geflogen und Klein-Charlie hatte sein Lieblingsplüschtier in der Hand. Irgendwas kam den Leuten an der Sicherheitskontrolle anscheinend verdächtig vor und sie haben mich darum gebeten, ihnen Sir Pingu mal zu geben um ihn zu "untersuchen". Er musste dann durchleuchtet werden.
Außerdem mussten meine Eltern desöfteren ihre Pässe vorzeigen, weil ich ihnen als Kind anscheinend so unähnlich sah, dass man dachte, ich wäre Opfer einer Entführung geworden (bei unserem Urlaub auf Kreta wurde ich mehrfach "kleiner Grieche" genannt).
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Norway 🇳🇴
Residing in the Edinburgh Zoo is a penguin. But not just any penguin. It’s Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III, a knighted member of the Norwegian army!
His title is inheritable, and two other penguins before him also served as Major General! You can watch the video of his knighting on YouTube.
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