Folke Bergman

Folke Bergman (29 August 1902 — 22 May 1946) was a Swedish explorer and archaeologist.

Hans Folke Bergman was born at Klara parish in Stockholm, Sweden.

From 1929–1935, he participated in the Sino-Swedish Expedition as a member of the Sino-Swedish Northwest China Scientific Inspection Team led by Sven Hedin (1865-1952).

He is best known for his discovery of the Xiaohe Tomb complex in Lop Nur, China during 1934.

Another of his finds, the Juyan bamboo strips of the Han dynasty, zh:居延漢簡 (Inner Mongolia, 1930), is known for its transportation from Beiping to Hong Kong, then to the USA, and finally to Taiwan, in a preservation effort during the Sino-Japanese war.

:Map of the Lop Nor region by Folke Bergman (1935)