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Hans Nilson Langseth (July 14, 1846 – November 10, 1927) was a Norwegian-American who held the record for the world's longest beard.[1]

Biography

Langseth was born in Eidsvoll on July 14, 1846 and immigrated to the United States in 1867. He married Anna Berntsen in 1870 and worked as a farmer in Elkton Township, Clay County, Minnesota. Later on in his life, he began growing a beard as part of a contest, and he won the contest.[2] In his later life, he traveled around the United States as part of a freak show showing off his beard.[3]

Langseth died aged 81 in Wyndmere, North Dakota on November 10, 1927 and is buried in Elk Creek Church Cemetery in Kensett, Iowa.[4] When he died, his beard measured Шаблон:Convert.[5][6] It was donated to the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution in 1967.[7][8]

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