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Sixty years of the goat

Not every destruction is a burning. The distinction matters here, because the market pays out on fire and nothing else.

  1. 1966The first goat. Burned on New Year's Eve.burned
  2. 1969Burned on New Year's Eve.burned
  3. 1970Burned six hours after it was erected.burned
  4. 1971Smashed, then burned.burned
  5. 1974Burned.burned
  6. 1976Hit by a truck. Not fire.not fire
  7. 1985Burned — 13 m of it.burned
  8. 1992Burned in the small hours.burned
  9. 1996Burned.burned
  10. 2001Burned by a visitor from Cleveland.burned
  11. 2005Burned by unknown arsonists.burned
  12. 2016Burned — the 50th anniversary goat.burned
  13. 2021Hit by a car. Damaged, not burned.not fire
  14. 2025Brought down by Storm Johannes on 27 Dec.not fire

Summary only, not a complete record. Sources: public reporting by SVT, Aftonbladet and others. See the resolution rules for the full definition used by this market.