Göran Folkestad

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| birth_date = 1952

| birth_place = Finspång, Sweden

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| genre = Schlager

| occupation = Songwriter, Singer, professor

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| associated_acts = Lotta Engberg, Robert Wells

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Göran Folkestad (born 1952) is a Swedish songwriter and singer. He is professor of music pedagogy at Malmö Academy of Music.[http://www.mhm.lu.se/o.o.i.s/16812 Göran Folkestad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720183837/http://www.mhm.lu.se/o.o.i.s/16812 |date=20 July 2011 }}, Lund University. Retrieved 30 May 2010 {{in lang|sv}} He has competed three times in Melodifestivalen during the 1980s, with the songs:

• 1984: "Sankta Cecilia" 2nd (duet with Lotta Engberg, under the surname of Pedersen.
• 1985: "Eld och lågor" 3rd
• 1987: "Sommarnatt", unplaced (The song was sung by Robert Wells)