Tony Nordin/CC BY-SA 3.0. The Gävle Goat is a house-sized Swedish Yule Goat made of straw erected at the start of Advent each year and sponsored by merchants from the southern half of Gävle. With help from several financial contributors the goat was reassembled, this time out of lake reed.cite news|url=http://www.sploid.com/news/2005/12/santa_torched_t.php|title=Santa torched the giant goat!|date=2005-12-04|work=Sploid] *1971 The Southern Merchants got tired of the continual burning of their goats and stopped building them. [8][14][15][16][17], In 1996, the Southern Merchants introduced camera surveillance to monitor the goat 24 hours a day. It was destroyed and broken into pieces. *1990 Nothing happened. The leg was repaired that morning. *1983 The legs were destroyed. [ cite news|title=The goat is burning-year after year|language=Swedish|publisher=Aftonbladet|date=2003-12-13|url=http://wwwb.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,404850,00.html ] *2003 Burned down on 12 December. *1986 The merchants of Gävle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. High quality Goat Christmas gifts and merchandise. [4] [5] The Gävle Goat of 2003. *1969 The goat was burned down on New Year's Eve. Mild weather resulted in the protective ice melting. *1989 Again, the goat burned down before it was assembled. * The hunt for the arsonist responsible for the goat-burning in 2005 was featured on the weekly Swedish live broadcast TV3's "Most Wanted" ("Efterlyst") on 2005-12-08. The Natural Science Club say that they will not attempt a new world record as long as the Southern Merchants do not either.Nowadays the Natural Science Club's goat is smaller than the record-holding goat, and it is also smaller than the Southern Merchants' Gävle Goat.Timeline*1966 Stig Gavlén came up with the idea of a giant goat made out of straw. It is now stored in a secret location. On the evening of Hedman's birthday, January 9, he and the other residents of the village burned it down.ReferencesFootnotes* imdb title|id=0099142|title=Black Jack Further reading * — a videography of "the Gävleners’ relation to Christmas, the bock and its destruction"* External links * [http://www.gavle.se/gavlebocken/ Official web site of the Gävle Goat] swe icon* [http://www.gd.se/gdbilder/nyhetsvideo/nyhetsvideo.jsp?article=67645 The second erection of the 2005 Gävle Goat] Video swe icon* [http://hem.passagen.se/nf1/bock/bock.htm Julbocken article on Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen site] swe icon* [http://www.christmasgoat.se/ Information about the goat and a webcam] (in English)* [http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_Bocken.aspx?id=52 Goat's blog and webcams], The Christmas season of 2006 marked the 40th anniversary of the Gävle Goat, and, on Sunday, 3 December, the city held a large celebration in honor of the goat. 1998 11 December: Fire Burned down during a major blizzard, and was rebuilt. The skeleton is then treated and repaired, and the goat reconstructed over it, using straw which the Goat Committee has pre-ordered.cite news|title=New goat is already on the way|publisher=Arbetarbladet|language=Swedish|date=2005-12-06|url=http://www.arbetarbladet.se/local_article.php?avdelning_2=0&id=350212 ] Burning the goat is an illegal act and can result in severe fines or even prison time for arson. *2006 On the night of 15 December at 03:00, someone tried to set fire to the goat by dousing the right front leg in petrol. Until this year there was no fence around the goat and it was popular for children to play hide-and-seek inside and around the goat. The city pays one-third of the cost while the Southern Merchants pay the remaining sum. The Natural Science Club Goat was also burned. 1999 Within hours Fire The Southern Merchants' goat was rebuilt again before Lucia. That goat escaped with only minor burn marks on the legs. The Natural Science Club's goat burned down the same night. Their goat was much smaller, around 2 m (6 ft), and not nearly as expensive as the goat normally built by the Southern Merchants, but it was appreciated by the citizens of Gävle, which was the intention of the students from the beginning. The Greek god Pan is said to have the upper body of a man and the horns and lower body of a goat. *1990 Nothing happened. The leg was repaired that morning. The big goat got burned down the night before Christmas Eve. *1992 The goat was burned down eight days after it was built. 2001 Goat set on fire on 23 December by Lawrence Jones, a 51-year-old visitor from Cleveland, Ohio, who spent 18 days in jail and was subsequently convicted and ordered to … It was burnt just ten … On 27 November 2004 the Gävle Goat's homepage was hacked into and one of the two official webcams changed. A student organisation, the Natural Science Club (Naturventeskapliga Föreningen:NF) of the School of Vasa then decided to build their own goat. The Natural Science Club's goat was attacked too, but survived with minor damage. In a memorable scene, the Swedish actor Reine Brynolfsson climbs up on the goat (outrageously drunk) and stands on top of it screaming that he is going to torch it, which he then does. The goat was rebuilt and put up again by the time of St. Lucy’s day. [13] In 2001, the goat was burned down by a 51-year-old visitor from Cleveland, Ohio in the United States, who spent 18 days in jail and was subsequently convicted and ordered to pay 100,000 Swedish kronor in damages. It is now stored in a secret location. 1 600 meters of rope is used. On the evening of Hedman's birthday, January 9, he and the other residents of the village burned it down.ReferencesFootnotes* imdb title|id=0099142|title=Black Jack Further reading * — a videography of "the Gävleners’ relation to Christmas, the bock and its destruction"* External links * [http://www.gavle.se/gavlebocken/ Official web site of the Gävle Goat] swe icon* [http://www.gd.se/gdbilder/nyhetsvideo/nyhetsvideo.jsp?article=67645 The second erection of the 2005 Gävle Goat] Video swe icon* [http://hem.passagen.se/nf1/bock/bock.htm Julbocken article on Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen site] swe icon* [http://www.christmasgoat.se/ Information about the goat and a webcam] (in English)* [http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_Bocken.aspx?id=52 Goat's blog and webcams]. *1990 Nothing happened. The suspected goat-burners voluntarily called the police; it turned out that they were from Stockholm and they were fans of the famous Gävle ice-hockey team Brynäs. This article is about the domesticated species. This was the first time that it was guarded by webcams. Their little goat was kicked to pieces. [ cite web|title=The Gävle goat timeline|url=http://www.soderskopman.se/historia.html ] *1967 Nothing happened. As of 2006 it is still unpaid. High quality Goat inspired Pillows & Cushions by independent artists and designers from around the world.All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. *1970 The goat burned down only six hours after it was assembled. The goat stood until 12.00 PM that New Year's Eve, when it went up in flames. With help from several financial contributors, the goat was reassembled out of lake reed. The Natural Science Club's goat was attacked too, but survived with minor damages. This can also be seen in the videography "Burning Bock", and the redux version "Firebranding Gävle" by Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg. This year the goat was guarded by many volunteers. * Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg's videography "Burning Bock" (2005) won the "peoples choice" award at the 2005 Association for Consumer Research (ACR) conference and film festival in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Because the fire station is close to the location of the goat, most of the time the fire can be extinguished before the robust wooden skeleton is severely damaged. For the hip hop band, see Arsonists (rap group). *2000 Burned down a couple of days before New Year's Eve. The pictures showed a group of people standing in front of the goat holding burning torches. The Gävlebocken ( Gävle Goat) is 13 meters (42.6 feet) high, seven meters long, and weighs 3.6 tonnes. This year the goat was guarded by many volunteers. *2006 On the night of 15 December at 03:00, someone tried to set fire to the goat by dousing the right front leg in petrol. *1991 This year the goat was joined by an advertising sled, that turned out to be illegally built. The Natural Science Club's Yule Goat that year measured 14.9 m (49 ft), which earned them another place in the Guinness Book of World Records. This can also be seen in the videography "Burning Bock", and the redux version "Firebranding Gävle" by Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg. The Southern Merchants had intended that their huge goat would reclaim the world record, but the measurement of the goat showed it fell short. The first goat was insured and Ström got all his money back. *1972 The goat collapsed because of sabotage. This page was last edited on 23 December 2020, at 14:15. *1998 Burned down on 11 December, even though there was a major blizzard. * There is a restaurant in Gävle named "The Burned Goat" (Brända Bocken), which features the timeline for the Gävle Goat on their web site. The Visby goat on Gotland burned down, the Yule Goat in Söderköping, Östergötland was torched, and there was an attack on a goat located in Lycksele, Västerbotten. The Southern Merchants had intended that their huge goat would reclaim the world record, but the measurement of the goat showed it fell short. The Natural Science Club's goat got tossed in the Gävle river. This was also the year when the Goat Committee was founded. The Gävle Goat is a giant version of the Yule Goat, erected every year in the Swedish city of Gävle. The pictures showed a group of people standing in front of the goat holding burning torches. In 1993 the Southern Merchants once again announced that they were going to attempt the world record. The police suspected that they could be involved in the burning a week later, so they appealed for assistance in the media. *1969 The goat was burned down on New Year's Eve. On 1 December the 13-metre tall, 7-metre long, 3 tonne goat stood on the square. The goat stood until 12.00 PM that New Year's Eve, when it went up in flames. Topic: Gävle Goat Watch, featuring goat lover Gerry Attrick ... 1997 – Besides smaller damages caused by fireworks, the goat was unharmed. For other uses, see Christmas Around the World (Bradley Joseph album). The Natural Science Club's goat was attacked too, but survived with minor damages. The Natural Science Club's goat was burned on the night of 24 December. It was destroyed and broken into pieces. Every year, with help from the other residents of the village he builds a 12.5 metre (41 ft) goat. *1986 The merchants of Gävle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. As of December 2019, the goat has been damaged 37 times. The Natural Science Club (Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen:NF) from the School of Vasa (Vasaskolan) took over. Jones stated in court that he is no "goat burner", and believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition. Was rebuilt. * Sven Bergvall and Jacob Östberg's videography "Burning Bock" (2005) won the "peoples choice" award at the 2005 Association for Consumer Research (ACR) conference and film festival in San Antonio, Texas, USA. As of 2005 that goat still holds the world record since there have been no further attempts to beat it. [ cite news|title=They didn't burn the goat|publisher=Gefle Dagblad|language=Swedish|date=2005-12-06 |url=http://www.gd.se/Article.jsp?article=68276 ] * The Gävle Goat had a significant part in the Swedish motion picture "BlackJack" fn|1, directed by Colin Nutley. The fire brigade quickly arrived on scene, but the goat could not be saved. *1993 Once more the goat was featured in the Guinness Book of Records. As a result, in subsequent years the inside of the goat has been protected by a chicken-wire net. The Southern Merchants had intended that their huge goat would reclaim the world record, but the measurement of the goat showed it fell short. The burning of the Gävle Goat is not officially welcomed by the citizens of Gävle, cite news|title=TV 3's Most Wanted is now eager to solve the goat mystery|publisher=Arbetarbladet|language=Swedish|date=2005-12-07|url=http://www.arbetarbladet.se/local_article.php?id=350410&avdelning_1=101&avdelning_2=0 ] but undoubtedly this is what has made the goat world famous and led to increased tourism for the city. *1984 Burned down on December 12th, the night before Lucia. The next year there was a Goat war: the Southern Merchants understood the publicity value, and erected a huge goat, the Natural Science Club erected a smaller one in protest. It is now stored in a secret location. The Natural Science Club (Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen:NF) from the School of Vasa (Vasaskolan) took over. As a result, in subsequent years the inside of the goat has been protected by a chicken-wire net. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. It got burned down a week before Christmas. :Number of goats vandalised includes goats thrown in the river. *1986 The merchants of Gävle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. :Number of goats run over includes goats run over by motorized vehicle.In popular culture* A week before the burning of the Gävle Goat in 2005 a couple of pictures started to circulate on the internet community Lunarstorm. The Gävle Goat (Swedish: Gävlebocken, Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̌ːvlɛbɔkːɛn]) is a traditional Christmas display erected annually at Slottstorget (Castle. The Christmas season of 2006 marked the 40th anniversary of the Gävle Goat, and, on Sunday, 3 December, the city held a large celebration in honor of the goat. *1987 A heavily fireproofed goat was built. Even though the goat was enclosed by a 2 m (6.5 ft) high metal fence, guarded by Securitas and even soldiers from the Gävle I 14 Infantry Regiment, it was burned down in January. *1975 N/A*1976 Local raggare ran the goat over with a car.cite news|title=Vandals Burn Swedish Christmas Goat, Again|author=The Associated Press|date=2005-12-04|location=Stockholm|publisher=The Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120400225.html] *1977 N/A*1978 Again, the goat was kicked to pieces. [18] One year, while security guards were posted around the goat in order to prevent further vandalism, the temperature dropped far below zero. The Natural Science Club's goat was burned down as well. As the guards ducked into a nearby restaurant to escape the cold, the vandals struck. The strange history of the Gävle Goat began in 1966. [14], During the weekend of 3–4 December 2005 a series of attacks on public Yule Goats across Sweden were carried out; The Gävle Goat was burnt on 3 December. The Natural Science Club's goat burned down the same night. *1994 Nothing happened. [ cite news|title=Man climbed the Yule Goat of Gävle|publisher=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish|url=http://deliveryc.aftonbladet.se/vss/telegram/0,1082,68996955_852__,00.html|date=2006-12-26 ] He did not try to set fire to the goat. [ cite news|title=The first attack on the goat failed|publisher=Arbetarbladet|language=Swedish|date=2006-12-16|url=http://www.arbetarbladet.se/local_article.php?id=471066&avdelning_1=101&avdelning_2=101&variabe ] [ cite news|title=Gävle goat unscathed after arson attack|publisher= The Local|language=English|date=2006-12-15|url=http://www.thelocal.se/5815/20061215/ ] The Natural Science Club's goat was burned at about 00:40 on the 20th December, the vandals were not seen and got away. This year the goat followed the Swedish national hockey team to Italy for the World Championship in ice hockey. *1979 The goat was burnt even before it was erected. Rebuilt again before Lucia. * The hunt for the arsonist responsible for the goat-burning in 2005 was featured on the weekly Swedish live broadcast TV3's "Most Wanted" ("Efterlyst") on 2005-12-08. The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.. [11] The price tag for constructing the goat in 2005 was around 100,000 Swedish kronor. [ cite web|title=Gävle Goat Blog|url=http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_sida.aspx?id=147 ] tatistics :Number of goats built includes goats rebuilt after an initial burning. The next year there was something of a "War of the Yule Goats": the Southern Merchants understood the publicity value of having a Yule Goat and erected a huge goat, the Natural Science Club erected a smaller one in protest. The pictures showed a group of people standing in front of the goat holding burning torches. After Jones was released from prison he went straight back to the US without paying his fine. Officially the city says that it does not support the burnings. [ cite news|title=Lillbocken lågornas rov|publisher=Gefle Dagblad|language=Swedish|date=2006-12-21 ] [ cite news|title=Lilla bocken brändes ned i natt |publisher=Arbetarbladet|language=Swedish|url=http://www.arbetarbladet.se/local_article.php?id=472580&avdelning_2=101|date=2006-12-20 ] On the night of 25 December, a drunken man managed to climb up on the goat. A 22-year-old from Stockholm tried to set the Southern Merchants' goat on fire, but failed, the goat receiving only minor injuries. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. In 1971, the Southern Merchants stopped building the goats. In 1966, an advertising consultant, Stig Gavlén (1927–2018),[4] came up with the idea of making a giant version of the traditional Swedish Yule Goat and placing it in the square. * In the United States there is an organization called "Goat Watchers" that has a couple of hundred members. *1975 N/A*1976 Local raggare ran the goat over with a car.cite news|title=Vandals Burn Swedish Christmas Goat, Again|author=The Associated Press|date=2005-12-04|location=Stockholm|publisher=The Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120400225.html] *1977 N/A*1978 Again, the goat was kicked to pieces. The Gävle Goat is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. In one of their most bizarre segments they asked the public to help track down two suspected arsonists, a man in a Santa mask and a man dressed as a gingerbread man, wanted for burning down the Gävle Goat. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. This year the goat followed the Swedish national hockey team to Italy for the World Championship in ice hockey. *1999 Burned down only a couple of hours after it was erected. The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. * There is a restaurant in Gävle named "The Burned Goat" (Brända Bocken), which features the timeline for the Gävle Goat on their web site. For other… … Wikipedia, Yule Goat — The Swedish Gävle Goat in 2006. The lower part of the right leg was scorched, but the rest of the goat failed to light. *1980 Burned down on Christmas Eve. The first goat was insured and Ström got all his money back. The Goat Committee said that that year's goat was not going to be able to be set on fire because it was fireproofed with "Fiber ProTector Fireproof", a fireproofing substance that is used in airplanes. *1994 Nothing happened. They just wanted a picture taken for their internet site and had not remembered that the webcams also took pictures. It should be mentioned though, that during the 39 years of the Gävle Goat's history up to 2005, only 4 people have been caught or convicted. The history of the second goat began in 1971 when the Southern Merchants got tired of having their expensive goat vandalised and decided not to build one again. THE 00'S. On the night of 2 December, arsonists made an unsuccessful attempt to burn the Natural Science Club's goat. *2000 Burned down a couple of days before New Year's Eve. From this point on there were two goats built, the Southern Merchants' and the School of Vasa's. To everybody's surprise their goat only measured 10.5 m (34½ ft) when completed. *1969 The goat was burned down on New Year's Eve. This year the goat followed the Swedish national hockey team to Italy for the World Championship in ice hockey. Since 2003 construction of the goat has been undertaken by a group of unemployed people (called ALU arbetare). In 2000 the goat burned a few days before New Year's. *1995 A Norwegian was arrested for attempting to burn down the goat. The claims were not generally given much credit: even the chief of the Gävle fire brigade expressed his doubts. However, he was rebuilt. *1986 The merchants of Gävle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. *1981 Nothing happened. [ cite news|title=They didn't burn the goat|publisher=Gefle Dagblad|language=Swedish|date=2005-12-06 |url=http://www.gd.se/Article.jsp?article=68276 ] * The Gävle Goat had a significant part in the Swedish motion picture "BlackJack" fn|1, directed by Colin Nutley. This time the School of Vasa's goat measured 14.9 m (49 ft). Before the police arrived on the scene the man climbed down and disappeared. Every year, with help from the other residents of the village he builds a 12.5 metre (41 ft) goat. *1979 The goat was burnt even before it was erected. But it turned out that Gavlén organisation did not have enough funding for the goat. * The Department of Tourism in Gävle gets bombarded with e-mails from all over the world questioning whether the city supports the burning of the Gävle Goat. The goat received only minor damage. The lower part of the right leg was scorched, but the rest of the goat failed to light. :Number of goats run over includes goats run over by motorized vehicle.In popular culture* A week before the burning of the Gävle Goat in 2005 a couple of pictures started to circulate on the internet community Lunarstorm. A new one was built and fireproofed. The Natural Science Club's goat was attacked too, but survived with minor damage. Freddy Klassmo, the spokesman for the company that provided the fireproofing in 2006 also stated: "not even napalm can set fire to the goat now". The big goat got burned down the night before Christmas Eve. It takes a whole truck full of straw from the local village of Mackmyra to create the goat. * When "USA Today" reported the burning of the Gävle goat on 2005-12-04, [cite news|work=USA Today|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2005-12-04-christmas-goat_x.htm|title=Vandals burn giant Christmas straw goat in Sweden, again|date=2005-12-04|author=The Associated Press] it was side by side with the trial of Saddam Hussein and other top headlines. The Natural Science Club's goat was attacked too, but survived with minor damages. Then Harry Ström, who at that time was the chairman of the Southern Kingstreet Non-profit Organisation, decided to pay the whole cost for the goat out of his own pocket. * In the United States there is an organization called "Goat Watchers" that has a couple of hundred members. It is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. *2006 On the night of 15 December at 03:00, someone tried to set fire to the goat by dousing the right front leg in petrol. A student organisation, the Natural Science Club (Naturventeskapliga Föreningen:NF) of the School of Vasa then decided to build their own goat. In March 1990 another goat was built, this time for the shooting of a Swedish motion picture called "Black Jack". Then Harry Ström, who at that time was the chairman of the Southern Kingstreet Non-profit Organisation, decided to pay the whole cost for the goat out of his own pocket. *2005 Burned by unknown vandals reportedly dressed as Santa and a gingerbread man by shooting a flaming arrow or molotov cocktail at the goat at 21:00 on 3 December. Every year, with help from the other residents of the village he builds a 12.5 metre (41 ft) goat. Financial contributions from the public were raised to rebuild a goat that was burned down in January. The skeleton is then treated and repaired, and the goat reconstructed over it, using straw which the Goat Committee has pre-ordered. Two very drunk teenage children were connected with the crime. [cite news|title=Santa and gingerbread man get Gävle's goat|date=2005-12-04|url=http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=2620|work=The Local] [ cite news|title=That's why I burned the goat in Gävle|publisher=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish|date=2003-12-17|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/debatt/story/0,2789,406509,00.html ] *2002 A 22 year old from Stockholm tried to set the Southern Merchants' goat on fire, but failed. [ cite web|title=Gävle Goat Blog|url=http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_sida.aspx?id=147 ] tatistics :Number of goats built includes goats rebuilt after an initial burning. The Natural Science Club's goat was also burned down this year. 1998 Burnt down on 11 December, even though there was a major blizzard. They just wanted a picture taken for their internet site and had not remembered that the webcams also took pictures. On the evening of Hedman's birthday, January 9, he and the other residents of the village burned it down.ReferencesFootnotes* imdb title|id=0099142|title=Black Jack Further reading * — a videography of "the Gävleners’ relation to Christmas, the bock and its destruction"* External links * [http://www.gavle.se/gavlebocken/ Official web site of the Gävle Goat] swe icon* [http://www.gd.se/gdbilder/nyhetsvideo/nyhetsvideo.jsp?article=67645 The second erection of the 2005 Gävle Goat] Video swe icon* [http://hem.passagen.se/nf1/bock/bock.htm Julbocken article on Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen site] swe icon* [http://www.christmasgoat.se/ Information about the goat and a webcam] (in English)* [http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_Bocken.aspx?id=52 Goat's blog and webcams], * — a videography of "the Gävleners’ relation to Christmas, the bock and its destruction"*, * [http://www.gavle.se/gavlebocken/ Official web site of the Gävle Goat] swe icon* [http://www.gd.se/gdbilder/nyhetsvideo/nyhetsvideo.jsp?article=67645 The second erection of the 2005 Gävle Goat] Video swe icon* [http://hem.passagen.se/nf1/bock/bock.htm Julbocken article on Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen site] swe icon* [http://www.christmasgoat.se/ Information about the goat and a webcam] (in English)* [http://www.merjuligavle.se/merjuligavle/mjig_Bocken.aspx?id=52 Goat's blog and webcams], Gävle — Infobox Settlement official name = Gävle image caption = Gävle The Old Town image shield = mapsize = map caption = settlement type = pushpin subdivision type = Country subdivision name = Sweden subdivision type1 = Municipality subdivision name1 … Wikipedia, Goat — Billy goat redirects here. [ cite news|title=The night of the goat-burners|language=Swedish|publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|date=2005-12-03|url=http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=119&a=246603 ] [cite news|title=Police receives tips about the goat-burnings|language=Swedish|publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|date=2005-12-05|url=http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=361&a=246588 ] The price tag for constructing the goat is around 100,000 Swedish kronor (as of 2005). *2004 Burned 21 December, only three days before Christmas Eve. The perpetrator, who was from Hofors, Gästrikland, was found and convicted of vandalism. 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