Folke West (Westerholm; born 29 September 1948) is a Finnish

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, reporter and tour leader. Folke has made more than 370 tourism documentaries mainly in the 1990s. He acted as the producer of ''Yöradio'' (Night Radio) radio programme of Radio Ykkönen in

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. Tourism programmes made by West include ''Matkamies'' and ''Folken matkassa''. In Finland many of his tourism programmes are generally considered as somewhat

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, mainly because of his extraordinary speaking style. In summer 2006

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aired document series made by Folke West, "Nuori

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" (Young Fidel Castro). In 2004 West was a candidate in the elections for the

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from the lists of

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Personal life

West's son Anders Westerholm is a founding member of the hip hop group

Kapasiteettiyksikkö Kapasiteettiyksikkö (Finnish for "capacity unit") was a Finnish hip hop group from Helsinki. The group was formed in 1997 by Anders "Andu" Westerholm, Markku "Tasis" Wettenranta and Dan "Uniikki" Tolppanen. Along with Fintelligens, Kapasiteett ...

. West lives in Havana, Panama City, and Helsinki with his Cuban wife Lene Marbel Benavides.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:West, Folke Finnish television producers Swedish-speaking Finns Living people 1948 births Expatriates in Cuba Expatriates in Panama Finnish expatriates