sentences.text: Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a King Penguin living in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland.
sentences.text: Colonel-in-Chief
sentences.text: Sir
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: Olav
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: Penguin
sentences.text: living
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: Zoo
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Scotland
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard.
sentences.text: He
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: mascot
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Colonel-in-Chief
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Norwegian
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Guard
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Nils was visited by the Norwegian King's Guard on the 15 August 2008 and awarded a knighthood.
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: visited
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Norwegian
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Guard
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: 15
sentences.text: August
sentences.text: 2008
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: awarded
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: knighthood
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The honour was approved by the king of Norway, King Harald V . During the ceremony a crowd of several hundred people joined the 130 guardsmen at the zoo to hear a citation from King Harald the Fifth of Norway read out, which described Nils as a penguin " in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood ".
sentences.text: The
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sentences.text: was
sentences.text: approved
sentences.text: by
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sentences.text: king
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Norway
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: Harald
sentences.text: V
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: During
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ceremony
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: crowd
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: several
sentences.text: hundred
sentences.text: people
sentences.text: joined
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sentences.text: 130
sentences.text: guardsmen
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sentences.text: zoo
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sentences.text: citation
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sentences.text: King
sentences.text: Harald
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Fifth
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Norway
sentences.text: read
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sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: described
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: as
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sentences.text: in
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sentences.text: the
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sentences.text: "
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: When the Norwegian King's Guard visited Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1961 for a Drill Display, a lieutenant called Nils Egelien became interested in Edinburgh Zoo's penguin colony.
sentences.text: When
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Norwegian
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Guard
sentences.text: visited
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: Military
sentences.text: Tattoo
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sentences.text: 1961
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: Drill
sentences.text: Display
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: lieutenant
sentences.text: called
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: Egelien
sentences.text: became
sentences.text: interested
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: Zoo
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: penguin
sentences.text: colony
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: When the Guards once again returned to Edinburgh in 1972, he arranged for the unit to adopt a penguin.
sentences.text: When
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Guards
sentences.text: once
sentences.text: again
sentences.text: returned
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1972
sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: arranged
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sentences.text: to
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sentences.text: penguin
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: This penguin was named Nils Olav in honour of Nils Egelien, and King Olav V of Norway.
sentences.text: This
sentences.text: penguin
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: named
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: Olav
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sentences.text: Egelien
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: Olav
sentences.text: V
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Norway
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Nils Olav was given the rank of visekorporal (lance corporal) and has been promoted each time the King's Guard has returned to the Tattoo.
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: Olav
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: given
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: rank
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: visekorporal
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: lance
sentences.text: corporal
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: been
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sentences.text: each
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Guard
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: returned
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Tattoo
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In 1982 he was made corporal, and promoted to sergeant in 1987.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: 1982
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: made
sentences.text: corporal
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: promoted
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: sergeant
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1987
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Nils Olav died shortly after his promotion to sergeant, and his place of honour was taken by Nils Olav II, his two-year-old near-double.
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: Olav
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sentences.text: promotion
sentences.text: to
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sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: his
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sentences.text: of
sentences.text: honour
sentences.text: was
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sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: Olav
sentences.text: II
sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: .
sentences.text: He was promoted in 1993 to the rank of regimental sergeant major.
sentences.text: He
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: promoted
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1993
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: rank
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: regimental
sentences.text: sergeant
sentences.text: major
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: On August 18, 2005, he was promoted to Colonel-in-Chief.
sentences.text: On
sentences.text: August
sentences.text: 18
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: 2005
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: promoted
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: Colonel-in-Chief
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: He is the first penguin to hold this rank in the Norwegian army.
sentences.text: He
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: first
sentences.text: penguin
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: hold
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: rank
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Norwegian
sentences.text: army
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: At the same time a four foot high bronze statue of Nils Olav was presented to Edinburgh Zoo.
sentences.text: At
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: same
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: four
sentences.text: foot
sentences.text: high
sentences.text: bronze
sentences.text: statue
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Nils
sentences.text: Olav
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: presented
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: Zoo
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The statue's inscription recognises the King's Guard and the Military Tattoo.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: statue
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: inscription
sentences.text: recognises
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: King
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Guard
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Military
sentences.text: Tattoo
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: A statue also stands at the Royal Norwegian Guard compound at Huseby, Oslo.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: statue
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: stands
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Royal
sentences.text: Norwegian
sentences.text: Guard
sentences.text: compound
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: Huseby
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Oslo
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Norway presented the zoo with its first king penguin in 1913, the year of its opening.
sentences.text: Norway
sentences.text: presented
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: zoo
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sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: year
sentences.text: of
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sentences.text: opening
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In Norwegian he is consistently referred to only as the mascot of the King's Guard, although both the plaque on his statue, and the website of the Norwegian Government's Consulate in Edinburgh, refer to his promotion to Colonel-in-Chief.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: Norwegian
sentences.text: he
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: consistently
sentences.text: referred
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: mascot
sentences.text: of
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sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Guard
sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: both
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: plaque
sentences.text: on
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sentences.text: statue
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: website
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Norwegian
sentences.text: Government
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Consulate
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: refer
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: promotion
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: Colonel-in-Chief
sentences.text: .
text: Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a King Penguin living in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. Nils was visited by the Norwegian King's Guard on the 15 August 2008 and awarded a knighthood. The honour was approved by the king of Norway, King Harald V . During the ceremony a crowd of several hundred people joined the 130 guardsmen at the zoo to hear a citation from King Harald the Fifth of Norway read out, which described Nils as a penguin " in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood ". When the Norwegian King's Guard visited Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1961 for a Drill Display, a lieutenant called Nils Egelien became interested in Edinburgh Zoo's penguin colony. When the Guards once again returned to Edinburgh in 1972, he arranged for the unit to adopt a penguin. This penguin was named Nils Olav in honour of Nils Egelien, and King Olav V of Norway. Nils Olav was given the rank of visekorporal (lance corporal) and has been promoted each time the King's Guard has returned to the Tattoo. In 1982 he was made corporal, and promoted to sergeant in 1987. Nils Olav died shortly after his promotion to sergeant, and his place of honour was taken by Nils Olav II, his two-year-old near-double. He was promoted in 1993 to the rank of regimental sergeant major. On August 18, 2005, he was promoted to Colonel-in-Chief. He is the first penguin to hold this rank in the Norwegian army. At the same time a four foot high bronze statue of Nils Olav was presented to Edinburgh Zoo. The statue's inscription recognises the King's Guard and the Military Tattoo. A statue also stands at the Royal Norwegian Guard compound at Huseby, Oslo. Norway presented the zoo with its first king penguin in 1913, the year of its opening. In Norwegian he is consistently referred to only as the mascot of the King's Guard, although both the plaque on his statue, and the website of the Norwegian Government's Consulate in Edinburgh, refer to his promotion to Colonel-in-Chief.