Senior sergeant

A Senior sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries. It is usually placed above sergeant.

Denmark
In the Danish Defence, there are two senior sergeant ranks, Oversergent (lit. 'Upper/Senior sergeant') and Seniorsergent (lit. 'Senior sergeant'). However, the Danish Defence officially translates the rank with the equivalents in the British Armed Forces, as such the ranks have different official translations depending on the branch.

Russia
Senior sergeant (Ста́рший сержант) is the designation to the second highest rank in the non-commissioned officer's career group in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation. The rank is equivalent to Glavny starshina in Navy.

The rank was introduced in the Red Army in 1940.