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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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![]() Lervik (left) speaking to Richard V. Spencer during an exercise in June 2019 | |
Born | Øksendal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway | 12 July 1971
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Rank | Major-General |
Lars Sivert Lervik was born on 12 July 1971 in Øksendal, Møre og Romsdal.[1]
Lervik joined the Norwegian Army on 3 July 1990.[2]
He attended the Officers School for the Cavalry 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 .[2]
From 2016 to 2017, Lervik attended the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.[2]
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]
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