Background
He was born in Stockholm, the son of painter Carl Johan Sjöstrand, and studied under Herman Wilhelm Bissen in Copenhagen.
He was born in Stockholm, the son of painter Carl Johan Sjöstrand, and studied under Herman Wilhelm Bissen in Copenhagen.
Among his students was the Finnish sculptor Walter Runeberg. He lived in Finland from 1863 till 1904. Sjöstrand was the father of Gerda Sjöstrand, who married the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni.