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Folke is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale in the West Dorset administrative district approximately south-east of Sherborne. The parish has an area of and includes the hamlet of Folke itself and the slightly larger settlement of Alweston. Dorset County Council's 2013 estimate of the population of Folke parish is 270. In the 2011 census figures have been published for the population of Folke parish combined with the small parish of North Wootton to the north; this was 339. The Manor House in the hamlet of Folke dates from about 1500, and adjoins the early 17th-century parish church. The house of Font le Roi, sited by the road towards Sturminster Newton, was built as a gatehouse in the 15th century. Folke Wood is nearby.
Folke is a Swedish male given name, which means "chief", derived from the Old Norse folk. 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