What Do Swedes Think of the Swedish Chef?(Really sounds Norwegian? They’d like you to stop asking)

Slate ^ | Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 | Jeremy Stahl

[Uncle Miltie]

One of my favorite clips of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS2qNc188Ps

[Vaquero]

Be patient, the Swedish Chef is in here…wait for it.

[Charles Henrickson]

My grandparents came from Sweden, I speak Swedish, I’ve spent a lot of time in Sweden, and I have never thought that that Swedish Chef character sounded very Swedish or was very funny.

[pabianice]

Reminds me of a running joke from the movie "The Thing:"

Character 1: "Crazy Swedes!"

Character 2: "They're Norwegians."

Character 1: "Whatever!"

[blueunicorn6]

“Mork! Mork! Mork!” is Swedish for “Please pass the ketchup.”

[Rinnwald]

Chaos Muppet.

Now there’s a name for a band.

As long as we’re at it, we should ask the Muslims what they think about Crazy Harry (a.k.a. the “bomb Muppet”).

[mmichaels1970]

If you’ve ever met a Swede, chances are you asked her the following question: “What do you think of [ABBA/Ikea/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/socialized medicine/the Swedish Chef]?”

Guilty. While touring there in 1986 we managed to meet some young ladies outside of the Hardrock Cafe in Stockholm. Over a couple of beers, we asked about the Swedish Chef.

We thought we were so smooth.

[Kirkwood]

Swedish people have no sense of humor and are way too sensitive.

[M1903A1]

One of the best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0sMSvH4T7g

[Dr. Sivana]

The author of the article managed to get all of these Swedes to state that the Swedish Chef sounded Norwegian. The obvious followup would be to ask a Norwegian or two whether the Swedish Chef sounds Norwegian.

[a fool in paradise]

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I like this one;

http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h20/BigB26/?action=view&current=RobotChicken-SwedishChef.mp4

[a fool in paradise]

I don't know about Swedish chefs, but I do like their cuisine.

[katana]

"The call me Swede ... but actually I am Norwegian".

My favorite character in Hell on Wheels (aka AMC's version of Deadwood - PG13).

[Fresh Wind]

My grandparents also came from Sweden, and my grandmother actually WAS a Swedish chef at one time in her life.

I never heard of this Swedish chef character before this day, and I wish I never had. Pure idiocy, but that about sums up the whole Muppets thing.

[House Atreides]

I never heard of this Swedish chef character before this day, and I wish I never had. Pure idiocy, but that about sums up the whole Muppets thing.
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Nonsense—The Swedish chef is a beloved icon of the Swedish experience in America. All true Swedes should be proud to claim him as one of their own. And anyone who tries to challenge my knowledge of things Swedish should know that I learned these truths from the Muppets!

[Slings and Arrows]

PERP-I-KERN!

[a fool in paradise]

If you’ve ever met a Swede, chances are you asked her the following question:

Trust me, the Swedish Chef never entered the discussion. I was too busy trying to get the emergency contact phone number of the Swedish Bikini Team.

[rmlew]

Norwegian and Swedish are not dialects, but distinct languages with common ancestry, just like Dutch and German, or English and Scots. There are dialects of Swedish. People from Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmo speak in different dialects.

I loved the Muppets as a kid, but my uncle is a real Swedish Chef. He speaks with a Southern Swedish accent (Malmo area). He also found the skits amusing.