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Magnus Öström was born in Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden on May 3, 1965. The son of an artist couple, he was influenced by the musical tastes of his older brother who was into Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. By the age of eight years he had built his first drum set and soon played music with a friend, Esbjörn Svensson.

He attended the musical grammar school in Västerås in 1981 and played with the Svensson trio. Between 1983 and 1985, he studied at the adult education center in Sjövik, Sweden before he continued his studies at the Music Academy Stockholm, Sweden. During this time, he played with various bands on the Stockholm scene and between 1987 and 1992 he was a member of singer Monica Borrfors band.

In 1989 Magnus was back with Svensson, initially in the group Stock Street B , then again in a trio with the bassist Dan Berglund with an album released in 1993. e.s.t. released twelve albums, toured internationally with great success, and played until the accidental death of Svensson.

Öström has worked with Bobo Stenson, Lennart Åberg, Palle Danielsson, Nils Landgren, Stina Nordenstam, Peter Gullin and Steve Dobrogosz as well as numerous American musicians such as Michele Hendricks, Benny Golson, Mulgrew Miller, Stefon Harris, Pat Metheny or Alan Pasqua. In 2010, he founded his own quartet and released their first album Thread of Life, which received an Echo Jazz.

In 2019, the ACT label released Live in Gothenburg for the first time. Drummer Magnus Öström, known for being part of the first Esbjörn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.), continues to perform and record.

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