Folke Ekström, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Folke Ekström

Swedish chess player

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1906

Place of Birth: Lund, Skåne County, Sweden

Date of Death: 25-Jan-2000

Profession: chess player, correspondence chess player

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Nils Johan Folke Ekström (12 October 1906, in Lund – 25 January 2000, in Saltsjobaden) was a Swedish International Master (IM) of chess and of correspondence chess (IMC).
He won the Swedish Championships in 1947 and 1948; Swedish Correspondence Championships in 1941, 1964, and 1971; and the European Correspondence Championship V, 1967–1971.