Per Kristian Ottestad

Per Kristian "Boots" Ottestad (born February 11, 1968) is a Norwegian singer, musician, composer, and songwriter.

In 1985, when he was 17, he and his friend Ole Paulsen set up a music duo 2 Brave. (Their collaboration started in 1982, when they played with other bands.) They released a single "Get It Out Body And Soul" in 1985 and a single "Stop That Girl" in 1988. In debuted at # 100 at UK Top 100 that year. Next year it was on the chart for seven weeks, peaking #71. In 1989 they released one more single, "Boys And Girls", with little success. In 1990 they recorded their debut album, "Big Time Beat", with the participation of some well-known names. It was not a sales success. After that they disbanded. Among other thing, they started writing music for others.

He has also written and/or produced songs for several artists including Robbie Williams, Tim McGraw, Andy Grammer, Macy Gray, Lena, Katharine McPhee and others. and "Bee" by Lena (#3 Germany).

In 2004 he released a solo album, titled .

In 2024, the song "Rain down on me" he wrote for Thomas Dybdahl was included in the list "The 100 best Norwegian hit songs ever" published by Nettavisen