Lars Lervik

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Major-General

Lars Sivert Lervik
Lars Lervik and Richard Spencer.jpg
Lervik (left) speaking to Richard V. Spencer during an exercise in June 2019
Born (1971-07-12) 12 July 1971 (age 54)
Øksendal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
AllegianceFlag of Norway.svg Norway
Service Coat of arms of the Norwegian Army.svg Norwegian Army
Rank Norway-army-OF-7.svg Major general

Major-General Lars Sivert Lervik (born 12 July 1971) is a Norwegian army officer and the Chief of the Norwegian Army since 25 June 2020.

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Early life

Lars Sivert Lervik was born on 12 July 1971 in Øksendal, Møre og Romsdal. [1]

Military service & Education

Lervik joined the Norwegian Army on 3 July 1990. [2]

He attended the Officers School for the Cavalry  [ no ] at Trandum leir from 1990 to 1991 and the Norwegian Military Academy from 1992 to 1995. [1]

After attending the Officers School for the Cavalry, Lervik joined the Armoured Battalion as a vehicle commander. [1]

In 2003, Lervik completed the Armor Captain Career Course at Fort Knox in Kentucky. [2]

Lervik studied at the Advanced Command and Staff College in Shrivenham, England from 2006 to 2007. [2]

In 2015, Lervik was awarded the Defence Service Medal  [ no ]. [2]

From 2016 to 2017, Lervik attended the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. [2]

Chief of the Army

Lervik was promoted to major-general and made Chief of the Army on 25 June 2020, succeeding Major-General Eirik Kristoffersen. [1] [3]

In January 2021, Lervik expressed his support for winter NATO exercises in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that it is an important part of Norwegian security that the alliance is able to operate under the conditions in Norway. [4]

On 27 April 2023, Maj. Gen. Lervik was inducted as the 78th member of the U.S. Army War College, International Fellows Hall of Fame. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lars Sivert Lervik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lars S Lervik - Forsvarets CV" (PDF). Norwegian Army (in Norwegian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ny sjef for Hæren". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). 6 December 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Derfor må Nato øve i Norge under pandemien: – Viktig for norsk sikkerhet". NRK (in Norwegian). 8 January 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Army War College".
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