[andreash]

Some people blamed it on the "Lavkarbo"-diet (low card, high fat) that was trending in Norway at the time. https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=lavkarbo

[tracker1]

They should just switch to Crisco, and other trans-fats like the U.S. ... I'm joking really, as an American the concept of a butter shortage is interesting considering most of this market uses heavily refined, flavored, perfumed vegetable oils.

I switched to only using animal or cold-pressed fats a couple years ago... It's helped some aspects of my health a lot... though I still crave starchy carbs...

[digi_owl]

You're thinking about margarine?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarine

Yeah, most "made do" with that. It was just a combo of diet fad, holiday "traditions", and media looking for anything "controversial" to talk about...