Påskekrim is an entertaining Norwegian Easter tradition that even to Norwegians is a bit of a "mystery". Along with the daffodils and chocolate,the grocery stores put up their Påskekrim displays. Påskekrim is the term to describe "crime and mystery books published for the Easter holidays". I asked several Norwegians why mystery books are so popular here at Eastertime and they all said they weren't sure but that maybe it was started as an advertising gimmick back in the 1920's. I'm a big fan of mystery books so this tradition is very popular with me. Also, since the books are in Norwegian it helps me with learning the language. This year,instead of buying mystery books written by English speaking writers translated into Norwegian, I am trying something different. I bought a book of short mysteries written by Norwegian authors. In doing this I get to see how Norwegian is written by native speakers. I also get to sample a lot of different Norwegian authors. Now I just need to buy some more chocolate to munch while I'm reading.
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