I recently went on a quest to investigate what Swedes really think of the shotgun-toting, gibberish-spouting chaos Muppet, the Swedish Chef. What I discovered was that they think he sounds ...

Lars Backman says he is the real-life model for "The Muppets," Swedish Chef. RATTVIK, Sweden, Aug. 6, 2009 — -- ABBA, Alfred Nobel, Bjorn Borg, Greta Garbo -- Sweden has many famous faces.

From those television appearances, Chef Bäkman believes, Jim Henson took his inspiration for the Muppet character of the Swedish Chef, who speaks in a mock-Swedish babble and uses unconventional ...

What happened when everyone's favourite chef from Sweden met some people's ... It was made to promote the forthcoming 'Muppets Most Wanted' movie - and with cameos from the likes of Miss Piggy ...