Folke (name)

Folke
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	"chief"
Region of origin	Scandinavia
Other names
Related names	Fulk

Folke is a Swedish male given name, which means "chief", derived from the Old Norse folk.^[1] 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 (born 1919), Swedish athlete
• Folke Bengtsson (born 1944), Swedish ice hockey player
• Folke Bergman (1902–1946), Swedish explorer and archaeologist
• Folke Bernadotte (1895–1948), Swedish diplomat
• Folke Bohlin (musicologist) (born 1931), Swedish musicologist
• Folke Bohlin (sailor) (1903–1972), Swedish sailor
• Folke Ekström (1906–2000), Swedish chess player
• Folke Eriksson (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 (1913–1997), Norwegian admiral
• Folke Heybroek (1913–1983), Dutch artist
• Folke Hjort (1934–1977), Swedish actor
• Folke Jansson (1897–1965), Swedish athlete
• Folke Johansson Ängel (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 (1913–1994), Swedish writer
• Folke Rabe (born 1935), Swedish composer
• Folke Rogard (1899–1973), Swedish chess official
• Folke Rydén (born 1958), Swedish journalist
• Folke Sandström (1892–1962), Swedish horse rider
• Folke Skoog (1908–2001), American plant physiologist
• Folke Sundquist (1925–2009), Swedish actor
• Folke the Fat (11th century), Swedish political leader
• Folke Wassén (1918–1969), Swedish sailor
• Folke West (born 1948), Finnish filmmaker
• Folke Zettervall (1862–1955), Swedish architect

See also

• Fulk

References

1. Behind the Name. "Given Name Folke". Retrieved on 23 January 2016.