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Break Out The Plaids, Boys… It’s Beard Season

Thinking about course hair growing awkwardly out of your chin and the sides of your face sounds weird on paper, but when properly groomed and maintained, well, we’re just going to say it – facial hair is hot.

Now that the sweaty summer season is behind us and lumbersexuals everywhere are breaking out their plaid and wool, we’re dreaming about the best beards on the block. We’ve rounded up our favorite Swedish beards and have unofficially awarded some superlatives to these lucky Swedish dudes.

Best 5 o’clock shadow

Alexander Karim

 

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Best beard/mustache combo

Fares Fares

 

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Best soul patch

Eagle Eye Cherry

 

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Best salt-n-pepper beard

Anders Osborne

 

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Best scruffy beard

José González

 

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Best movie beard

Stellan Skarsgård, “King Arthur”

Best long beard

Chris Kläfford

 

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Best overall facial hair package

Prince Carl

 

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Lifetime beard achievement

Benny Andersson, ABBA

 

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