Elov V Persson (10 July 1894 â 9 July 1970) was a Swedish comic artist. He created one of Sweden's most popular comic strips, Kronblom.
Born in Hästbo, a dispersed settlement in Hofors Municipality, Gästrikland, Elov Persson created Kronblom in 1927 and the strip was published in the magazine VÃÂ¥rt Hem. A year after the creation of Kronblom, Persson created another comic strip, Agust och Lotta (August and Lotta).
Kronblom was such a part of Sweden's popular culture that two live-action film versions were produced, ' in 1947 and ' in 1949, with popular star Ludde Gentzel, 62 years old at the time of the first film's production, playing the slow-moving, but quick-thinking title character. Persson appeared in the first film playing an unbilled cameo as himself.
Elov Persson died in TorsÃÂ¥ker, one day before his 76th birthday. In subsequent years, his son Gunnar continued Kronblom, while Agust och Lotta was continued by his other son, Ingvar (1930âÂÂ2015).