Folke West (Westerholm) is a Finnish television producer, reporter, tour leader and lecturer. Folke has visited more than a hundred countries and has made more than 370 tourism documents mainly in the 1990's. He has produced nearly 600 TV programmes and also acted as the producer of Yöradio (Night Radio) radio programme of Radio Ykkönen in Finland. Tourism programmes made by West were Matkamies and Folken matkassa among others. In Finland many of his tourism programmes are generally considered as somewhat camp, mainly because of his extraordinary speaking style. The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... Campy redirects here. ...

West also has acted as the consultant of international travel agencies taking care of the launching of Cuba's tourism.

In summer 2006 Nelonen aired document series made by Folke West, "Nuori Fidel Castro" (Young Fidel Castro). The programme also contained unparalleled material because Folke had been given the permission to examine archives in Cuba and to use it in his programme. Nelonen or (Fyran in Swedish) is a Finnish commercial TV channel. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...

West has also been involved in the politics. In 2004 he tried to get in the European Parliament from the lists of Swedish People's Party. Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild... The Swedish Peoples Party (Swedish: ; Finnish: ) is a Swedish speaking minority and mainly liberal party in Finland. ...

External links

• Folke West Travel Club (Finnish)