Not bad for a 3-foot tall penguin.Ī resident of Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, the original Nils Olav was made an honorary member of the King's Guard in 1972 after being picked out as the guard's mascot by lieutenant Nils Egelien. It all started in 1961 when Lieutenant Nils Egelien of Norway visited the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland a yearly festival that celebrates military bands from around the world. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King's Guard in 2005. Many zoos have penguins, but if you visit RZSS Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, you can see one penguin who is very different hes the only one in the world who has been knighted. The King penguins role includes inspecting the Norwegian. The Penguin, like most of Batman's foes, relies heavily on gadgets, since he does not have any superpowers. His name is Sir Nils and he resides with the rest of the colony in Penguins Rock in Edinburgh Zoo. At the same time a 4-foot-high (1.2 m) bronze statue of Nils Olav was presented to Edinburgh Zoo. He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian Army. On 18 August 2005, he was appointed as Colonel-in-Chief and on 15 August 2008 he was awarded a knighthood. Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, better known as the Penguin, is a major antagonist from DC Comics, most notably appearing as one of Batman's oldest and most infamous foes, serving as one of three secondary antagonists of the franchise (alongside Two-Face and the Riddler). He was promoted in 1993 to the rank of regimental sergeant major. It also confers Knighthoods to other strange tuxedo dressed creatures too. The Kingdom of Norway does not just toast the Nobel Peace Laureate.