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 (1919–2020), Swedish athlete * Folke Bengtsson (born 1944), Swedish ice hockey player * Folke Bergman (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 31,000 prisoners from German concentration camps, including 450 Danish Jews fr ...

(1895–1948), Swedish diplomat * Folke Bohlin (musicologist) (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. Eigh ...

(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 Corresponde ...

(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 matche ...

(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 commander ...

(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 ...

(1912–1982), Swedish Army officer *

Folke Heybroek Folke Heybroek (September 2, 1913 – February 28, 1983) was a Dutch expressionist artist, monumental sculptor, illustrator, textile designer and stained-glass designer who spent his professional life in Sweden where his monumental works decorat ...

(1913–1983), Dutch artist *

Folke Hjort Folke Karl-Gustav Hjort (28 March 1934 – 3 July 1977) was a Swedish actor. A prolific theatre actor of his time, he is now most recognised for his role as Jossi in Olle Hellbom's adaption of ''The Brothers Lionheart (film), The Brothers Lionhe ...

(1934–1977), Swedish actor * Folke Högberg (1884–1972), Swedish Army lieutenant general * Folke Jansson (1897–1965), Swedish athlete *

Folke Johansson Ängel Folke Johansson Ängel (Latin: Fulco Angelus) (died 1277) was Archbishop of Uppsala. Biography He was ordained by Pope Gregory X in 1274 and was Archbishop of Uppsala until his death in 1277. As archbishop, he crowned King Magnus Ladulås in 127 ...

(died 1277), Swedish archbishop * Folke Johnson (1887–1962), Swedish sailor * Folke Jonsson (1904–1981), Swedish opera singer * Folke Lind (1913–2001), Swedish footballer *

Folke Mellvig Karl Folke Sigvard Mellvig (23 May 1913 in Malmö, Sweden–4 September 1994 in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden) was a Swedish writer and screenwriter. Mellvig was one of Sweden's most popular crime writers in the 1950s and 1960 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(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 Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had ...

(born 1958), Swedish journalist * Folke Sandström (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 ( sv, Folke den tjocke), 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 ...

(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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