Elov V Persson (10 July 1894 – 9 July 1970) was a Swedish comic artist. He created one of Sweden's most popular

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s, '' Kronblom''. Born in Hästbo, a

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Hofors Municipality Hofors Municipality (''Hofors kommun'') is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at . The first municipality with the name of ''Hofors'' was broken away from ''Torsåker' ...

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, Elov Persson created ''Kronblom'' in 1927 and the strip was published in the magazine ''Vårt 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 Torsåker, one day before his 76th birthday. In subsequent years, his son

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continued ''Kronblom'', while ''Agust och Lotta'' was continued by his other son, Ingvar (1930–2015).

References

External links

Elov Persson at the website of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Persson, Elov 1890s births 1970 deaths People from Hofors Municipality Swedish comic strip cartoonists Swedish comics artists Swedish comics writers