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 Vårt Hem.

Kronblom was such a part of Sweden's popular culture that two live-action film versions were produced, Kronblom [sv] in 1947 and Kronblom kommer till stan [sv] 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.