Per Elvestuen is a Norwegian illustrator.

He was born in Gjøvik

Gjøvik

is a town and a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Gjøvik.In 1861, the village of Gjøvik in the municipality of Vardal was granted town status and was separated from Vardal to form a separate municipality...

 as a brother of Ola Elvestuen

Ola Elvestuen

Ola Elvestuen is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the terms 2001–2005, 2005–2009 and 2009–2013. On the local level Elvestuen is a member of Oslo city council...

. He worked for the newspaper Dagens Næringsliv

Dagens Næringsliv

Dagens Næringsliv, commonly known as DN, is a Norwegian tabloid specializing in business reporting with a claimed daily circulation of 82,775 copies in 2008, making it the 8th largest newspaper in Norway. The editor in chief is Amund Djuve. Its name is Norwegian for "Today's Business".Originally...

from 1988 to 2009, then for E24 Næringsliv

E24 Næringsliv

E24 Næringsliv, formerly N24, is a Norwegian, online business newspaper launched on April 18, 2006.During the first three years of operation, the newspaper was owned 60 % by Aftenposten and 40 % by Verdens Gang , both fully owned by public media company Schibsted...

. He is also a communications adviser for the company Aabø & Co. He published a children's book in 1995, and two collections of his editorial cartoons, in 1999 and 2004. He won the Editorial Cartoon of the Year award in 2003.