The songs of Bellman have been recorded by modern Swedish artists such as the late Cornelis Vreeswijk, Evert Taube, his son Sven-Bertil Taube, rock musician Joakim Thåström, and even metal music bands as Candlemass or black metal band Marduk. They are also frequently used as choral music and as drinking songs. Important interpreters of Bellman's songs include Fred Åkerström and Cornelis Vreeswijk.

Bellman has been translated into English several times, most notably by Paul Britten Austin, and there have been many translations into German (by Hannes Wader and many others). Also the German Communist leader Karl Liebknecht liked to sing the songs of Bellman, but he was able to do so in Swedish. Hans Christian Andersen was one of the first to translate Bellman into Danish.

Bellman's songs have also been translated and recorded in Icelandic (by Bubbi), Italian, French, Finnish (for instance by Vesa-Matti Loiri), Russian and Yiddish. English interpretations have been recorded by William Clauson, Martin Best, Sven-Bertil Taube, Roger Hinchliffe and Martin Bagge.

There are a number of books in English with translations of Bellman's work. The authors include Charles Wharton Stork, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Paul Britten Austin, and historian Michael Roberts. In English the most thorough treatment of Bellman's life is also by Paul Britten Austin.

Bellman jokes

Bellman's life inspired the "Bellman joke", a type of joke told by Swedish children. These jokes appeared first in the 19th century. They have since evolved and the "Bellman jokes" of today have no connection to the poet. Usually they refer to Bellman as a lunatic acting in the extreme.