påskekrim

Language: Norwegian · [ˈpôːskəˌkrɪm] · Pronunciation: POSS-keh-krim

Meaning

the crime novels and TV series Norway saves for Easter

The story

In 1923 a Norwegian publisher advertised a crime novel on a newspaper front page as if it were news: the Bergen train robbed last night. Readers believed it, and Easter has belonged to murder ever since, milk cartons included. English has no fixed season for its whodunnits.

The four rounds

Which language is it from?: Norwegian
What does it literally say?: Easter-crime
Where would you hear it?: A ski cabin and a paperback murder
What does it mean?: Easter spent solving fictional murders

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