Folke is a

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male given name, which means "

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"Given Name Folke"
Retrieved on 23 January 2016. As of 2004, in Sweden there are 20,100 persons named Folke. Of them, about 5,700 had it as their main given name. In 2002, 118 newborn boys were named Folke, of them 15 as main name. The name may refer to: *

Folke Alnevik Arvid Folke Alnevik (31 December 1919 – 17 August 2020) was a Swedish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His best results were in the 4×400 metre relay, winning bronze medals at the 1946 European Championships and the 1948 Summer Oly ...

(1919–2020), Swedish athlete * Folke Bengtsson (born 1944), Swedish ice hockey player *

Folke Bergman Folke Bergman (29 August 1902 — 22 May 1946) was a Swedish explorer and archaeologist. Biography Hans Folke Bergman was born at Klara parish in Stockholm, Sweden. He participated in the 1924–1926 excavations of Stora Torget in Visby. F ...

(1902–1946), Swedish explorer and archaeologist *

Folke Bernadotte Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (2 January 1895 – 17 September 1948) was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In World War II, he negotiated the release of about 450 Danish Jews and 30,550 non-Jewish prisoners of many nations from the Nazi ...

(1895–1948), Swedish diplomat *

Folke Bohlin (musicologist) Folke Bohlin (born September 21, 1931, in Uppsala) is a Swedish musicologist and choral conductor. His chief area of research is Swedish church music, particularly that after the Reformation, and he is a former Professor emeritus of musicology at ...

(born 1931), Swedish musicologist *

Folke Bohlin (sailor) Folke Ivar Reinhold Bohlin (20 March 1903 – 12 June 1972) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1948 and 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1948 he won the silver medal as helmsman of the Swedish boat ''Slaghöken'' in the Dragon class event. Eight ...

(1903–1972), Swedish sailor *

Folke Ekström Nils Johan Folke Ekström (12 October 1906, in Lund – 25 January 2000, in Saltsjobaden) was a Swedish International Master (IM) of chess and of correspondence chess (IMC). He won the Swedish Championships in 1947 and 1948; Swedish Correspondenc ...

(1906–2000), Swedish chess player *

Folke Eriksson Anders Folke Eriksson (27 April 1925 – 12 March 2008) was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1948 he was a member of the Swedish team which finished fifth in the water polo tournament. He played four matc ...

(1925–2008), Swedish water polo player * Folke Filbyter (11th century), Swedish political leader * Folke Fleetwood (1890–1949), Swedish athlete * Folke Frölén (1908–2002), Swedish horse rider *

Folke Hauger Johannessen Folke Hauger Johannessen (2 December 1913 – 17 April 1997) was a Norwegian military officer, an admiral of the Royal Norwegian Navy. He served as Chief of Defence of Norway from 1964 to 1972. During World War II he was the deputy commande ...

(1913–1997), Norwegian admiral *

Folke Herolf Folke Olof Ragnar Herolf (11 November 1912 – 20 August 1982) was a Swedish Army officer. He served as commanding officer of the Quartermaster Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1968 to 1973. Early life Herolf was born on 11 November 1912 i ...

(1912–1982), Swedish Army officer * Folke Heybroek (1913–1983), Dutch artist * Folke Hjort (1934–1977), Swedish actor * Folke Högberg (1884–1972), Swedish Army lieutenant general * Folke Jansson (1897–1965), Swedish athlete * Folke Johansson Ängel (died 1277), Swedish archbishop * Folke Johnson (1887–1962), Swedish sailor *

Folke Jonsson Folke Henry Jonsson (9 June 1904 in Ängelholm Sweden - 7 December 1981 in Sollentuna) was a Swedish opera singer who sang leading bass roles primarily at the Royal Swedish Opera and in other Scandinavian opera houses for many years. He also ap ...

(1904–1981), Swedish opera singer * Folke Lind (1913–2001), Swedish footballer * Folke Mellvig (1913–1994), Swedish writer *

Folke Rabe Folke Rabe (28 October 1935 – 25 September 2017) was a Swedish composer. He was born in Stockholm and studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, where his teachers included Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Ingvar Lidholm, György Ligeti and othe ...

(1935–2017), Swedish composer *

Folke Rehnström Lieutenant General Sven Evert Folke Rehnström (3 November 1942 – 1 September 2020) was a senior Swedish Army officer. Rehnström served as Chief of the Joint Forces Directorate from 1998 to 2002. Early life Rehnström was born on 3 November 1 ...

(1942–2020), Swedish Army lieutenant general *

Folke Rogard Bror Axel Folke Per Rogard (6 July 1899 – 11 June 1973) was a Swedish lawyer, chess official, player and arbiter. He was born in Stockholm, with the surname Rosengren, and qualified as a lawyer with that name. After a family member was charged w ...

(1899–1973), Swedish chess official *

Folke Rydén Folke Rydén (born 17 September 1958 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish journalist and filmmaker. Rydén has won numerous international awards and his documentaries have been shown all over the world. In 1993, he was awarded the Bonnier Grand Pr ...

(born 1958), Swedish journalist *

Folke Sandström Einar Folke Emanuel Sandström (27 September 1892 – 18 August 1962) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He and his horse ''Pergola'' finished 15th in the individual dressage and won a bronze me ...

(1892–1962), Swedish horse rider *

Folke Skoog Folke Karl Skoog (July 15, 1908 – February 15, 2001) was a Swedish-born American plant physiologist who was a pioneer in the field of plant growth regulators, particularly cytokinins. Skoog was a recipient of the National Medal of Science 19 ...

(1908–2001), American plant physiologist *

Folke Sundquist Folke Sundquist (4 November 1925 – 13 January 2009) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 21 films between 1951 and 1968. He starred part in the 1951 ''One Summer of Happiness'' (1951), which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Internatio ...

(1925–2009), Swedish actor *

Folke the Fat Folke the Fat (), according to ''Gesta Danorum'' by the 12th century Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, was the most powerful man in Sweden around 1100. He married Ingegerd Knutsdotter of Denmark, daughter of the Danish king Canute IVThe articl ...

(11th century), Swedish political leader * Folke Wassén (1918–1969), Swedish sailor * Folke West (born 1948), Finnish filmmaker *

Folke Zettervall Folke Zettervall (21 October 1862 – 12 March 1955) was a Swedish architect and head architect with the Swedish State Railways (''Statens Järnvägar'') between 1895 and 1930. Biography Zettervall was born at Lund, Sweden. He was the son of ...

(1862–1955), Swedish architect

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