Background
Major Sønstevold was born in Sollefteå, Sweden.
Major Sønstevold was born in Sollefteå, Sweden.
She studied piano in Stockholm and with Billy Mayerl in London.
Later she and her family spent time in Vienna, where she studied with Hanns Jelinek and Karl Schiske and graduated in composition in 1966 from the Akademisches Hauptseminar. From 1971–1985 Sønstevold taught in the Music Department of Oslo University.