Fredric Drum

Fredric Drum is a series of ten crime fiction novels by Norwegian author Gert Nygårdshaug that were published over the course of 21 years, starting in 1985.

The character Fredric Drum is a gourmet master chef, a connoisseur of fine wine, the proprietor of a small Michelin-starred restaurant in Oslo named Kasserollen, a cryptographer, and an amateur detective with a strong sense of curiosity.

[5] Critics have claimed to identify references in the series to works by other authors such as Knut Hamsun and Umberto Eco.

[3][5] Though Nygårdshaug has worked within a wide range of genres throughout his career including poetry and children's literature, and won a people's award for "Best Norwegian Book of All Time" with Mengele Zoo, he is arguably best known for his Fredric Drum series.

[8] In the wake of the series' success, there has been arranged theme tours with Nygårdshaug, "in the footsteps of Fredric Drum", to Saint-Émilion.