In Popular Culture
- The Swedish Chef has been impersonated on Saturday Night Live by Andy Samberg.
- The Swedish Chef appeared in Robot Chicken episode "Federated Resources" voiced by Victor Yerrid. As the Swedish Chef observes various people and things, all ending in 'ork' to agree with his rhyming scheme, 'börk'. These things include Björk, Mork, a dork, a New York poster, Quark, band member Tork, video game Zork, a hot dog made with pork, a fork, a spork, and an orc. When his wife asks him what's wrong, Swedish Chef tells his wife to get off his case. In "Schindler's Bucket List," Swedish Chef was present at Gonzo's funeral.
- The Swedish Chef's song has been humorously misconstrued as a "scathing editorial" against former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork by Stephen Colbert's political commentator character on The Colbert Report.
- He (Stephen Colbert) again used the chef's song in his TV show, while appealing to have control of the Sweden's Twitter account.
- He also appears in the Family Guy episode "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou". When Stewie brings up the death of Jim Henson causing wrong-sounding Muppets, it cuts away to a wrong-sounding Kermit the Frog asking a wrong-sounding Swedish Chef to cook him something. They later appear at the end discussing the events that proceeded as a wrong-sounding Fozzie Bear enters asking if they want to hear a joke.
- The interface of the Google can be viewed in several different languages by choosing a setting in its preferences, one of them being "Bork, bork, bork!".
- Several videogames, such as Guild Wars have a "Bork, bork, bork!" language setting.
- The Swedish Chef appears in The Simpsons episode "The Food Wife" voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He is seen in Marge's dream. When they agree that "Everything's more fun with Homer", the Chef sings in mock Swedish about Homer.
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