Soldiers will be allowed to grow beards after the Army overturned a 100-year ban on facial hair, The Telegraph can reveal.

Maj. Gen. Lars S. Lervik says he doesn't care where military equipment comes from – Europe or the United States – as long as ...

to review "existing standards set by the Military Departments pertaining to physical fitness, body composition, and grooming, which includes but is not limited to beards." While the memo itself ...

Gen. Lars S. Lervik has been chief of the Norwegian Army since 2020, based in Bardufoss, in Northern Norway. As of early 2025, the force is made up of approximately 9,000 personnel which includes ...