Stentoft was born in
Holbæk, where he graduated from the Stenhus Kostskole (now ). Initially, he planned to study
law, but due to lack of money, he started to compose music for
commercials. In 1934, he began working as an
accompanist and composer for the
revue troupe
Co-Optimisterne. A lot of his tunes quickly achieved widespread popularity, and he earned good money by composing and, later on, by producing revues. During his career, Stentoft also
managed various
theatres: Frederiksberg Teater (now ) in
Frederiksberg and three theatres in
Copenhagen, ,
Det Ny Scala and . In 1961, he
emigrated to
Spain. In 1973, he returned to Denmark as leader of the
Tivoli Gardens theatre, a job he kept until his retirement in 1981, when he returned to Spain. He died at his home near
Málaga in 1990. == Popular tunes ==