He was a son of priest Gabriel Hofgaard Stenersen and Anne Birgitte Irgens.
[1] After graduating from Christiania Cathedral School, he attended the Royal Veterinary College of Copenhagen from 1853 to 1857.
[2][3] In May 1883 he was hired as state agronomist in Western Norway, with special responsibility for stockbreeding.
In 1888, Stenersen wrote Vestlandshesten (Fjordhesten), the first monograph on the Fjord horse native to the west coast of Norway.
Other notable publications include the paper Alderen for Hestens Kastration of 1876, which earned him the Royal Veterinary College Gold Medal.