Editing Swedish Chef (section)

==In Sweden and other countries==

The Muppets have not had the same cultural impact in [[Sweden]] as in the United States. In Sweden, the Swedish Chef's name was translated as {{lang|sv|Svenske kocken}}, meaning the "Swedish cook". A 2012 ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' article stated that "the fact that his nonsense words are so widely interpreted as Swedish-sounding is bewildering and annoying to Swedes" and argued that Swedes don't find the character funny at all; the author Jeremy Stahl quoted his wife who said the character "doesn't sound Swedish, doesn't act Swedish, and there's nothing Swedish about him. He's not funny."<ref name=slate /> The linguist [[Tomas Riad]] said "it's not funny for us to laugh at. It's funny for other people to laugh at."<ref name=slate>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/08/swedish_chef_what_do_swedes_think_of_him_they_think_he_sounds_norwegian_.html |title=What Do Swedes Think of the Swedish Chef? |first=Jeremy |last=Stahl |magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=28 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165826/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/08/swedish_chef_what_do_swedes_think_of_him_they_think_he_sounds_norwegian_.html |archive-date=14 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> To many Swedes, the sing-song quality of the character's mock language is suggestive of [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], not Swedish. 

In the German-dubbed version of ''The Muppet Show'', the Chef is Danish rather than Swedish, and his name is {{lang|da|[[Smørrebrød]] [[Skagerrak]]}}.<ref>{{Citation|last=Hampe65|title=Dänischer Koch macht scharfe Sauce|date=21 February 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qrnxeCN1k&list=PLgtUhbfCHr0sG2CIk1KPByteH2FDbOz9V|access-date=9 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312172058/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qrnxeCN1k&list=PLgtUhbfCHr0sG2CIk1KPByteH2FDbOz9V|archive-date=12 March 2017|df=dmy-all|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>