Biography
Martin Stensö
Real name: Lars Martin Stensö
Swedish musician, composer, artist, product developer and carpenter, born on January 24, 1976 in Maria Magdalena, Stockholm, Uppland.Martin Stensö trained as a carpenter in Stockholm from 1996 to 1999. Then he started his first company: Martin Stensö Music & Carpentry, where he simultaneously built furniture, toured and released records with the Silence contracted band Fint Tillsammans.
During 2006 and 2007, Stensö was employed at Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern as a composer and actor. In 2010, Woodstockholm was founded, initially as an agency for designers and furniture producers, but later evolved into a cozy bistro owned by a group of friends who started a furniture manufacturing business and now use the bistro to showcase their products. The cuisine at the bistro follows a theme that changes every other month.
During the summer of 2020, Stensö launched the website Items to remember, which is his business page on Facebook for custom-made furniture of the highest quality.
In June 2024, Stensö ran for 'Folklistan' (the Folk List) in Sweden in the EU elections in order to possibly be elected as a member of the European Parliament in Brussels. The Folk List, however, did not receive enough votes in that election to be elected to parliament.