Folke West (Westerholm; born 29 September 1948)[1] is a Finnish television producer, reporter[2] 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 Finland. Tourism programmes made by West include Matkamies and Folken matkassa. In Finland many of his tourism programmes are generally considered as somewhat camp, mainly because of his extraordinary speaking style.
In summer 2006 Nelonen aired document series made by Folke West, "Nuori Fidel Castro" (Young Fidel Castro).
In 2004 West was a candidate in the elections for the European Parliament from the lists of Swedish People's Party.[citation needed]
Personal life
editWest's son Anders Westerholm is a founding member of the hip hop group Kapasiteettiyksikkö.[3] West lives in Havana, Panama City, and Helsinki with his Cuban wife Lene Marbel Benavides.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Folke West". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Folke West eroaa kuubalaisvaimostaan". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 7 August 2001. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Auramies, Jukka (25 August 2018). "Luurangoksi kuihtunut Folke West kertoo rajusta syöpätaistelustaan – hämmentävä paljastus ikimuistoisista matkailujuonnoista: "Syötettiin muutama virhe"". MTVuutiset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Puhto, Sanna (23 August 2018). "Syövästä toipunut Folke West, 69, ja kuubalainen Lene, 36, haaveilevat yhä yhteisestä lapsesta: "Vauva tulee, kun on aika"". Seura (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 May 2019.