Folke West (Westerholm; born 29 September 1948)[1] is a Finnish television producer, reporter[2] and tour leader.
In Finland many of his tourism programmes are generally considered as somewhat camp, mainly because of his extraordinary speaking style.
In 2004 West was a candidate in the elections for the European Parliament from the lists of Swedish People's Party.
[citation needed] West'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.