Folkesgården

[Mary E. Leveille]

The farm my great grandparents lived on in Vastra Amtervik in Varmland was called Folkesgården. Would that translate into something like peoples garden?

[Elisabeth Thorsell]

Folke is a given name, so probably someone who lived there a long time ago was named Folke Somethingsson, and might have had a personality that people remembered, so the farm was named for him.
 
Gård is the Swedish word for farm, and gården means the farm.

[Mary E. Leveille]

Elizabeth,
Thank you for the information.

[Jenny Moström mostrom5@spray.se]

Information to the question about Folkesgården: I?m partly borned and raised there and still spend as much time as possible there. The name Folkesgården can be related to one of the oldest farms in Folkesgården called Baggarns, where an Norwegian man namned Folke lived, probably around 1750-1850. Here?s an website that I think can help you with more info:http://www.vastraamtervik.se/hembygdsgard/