On stage, Lasse Wennman received from, besides Charlotte Pirelli, also William Segerdahl from Idol 2018 and 17-year-old Christoffer Jonsson, from Helges in Gävle.

The inauguration began at 15 and thousands of Gävle residents and rested visitors gathered at the Palace Square on Sunday afternoon to watch and participate in this year's inauguration of the Gävlebocken.

Does this year's bock record set?

This year the goat has been turned half a turn so that it now looks down towards the City Library instead of towards the castle. 2019 could actually be the year when the goat hits a record when, if it can be satisfied, it has managed three years in a row without fire. In 2016, the goat burned just hours after the opening itself.