Career
She plays in midfield for Umeå IK and the Sweden women"s national football team Folkesson joined Umeå IK in 2013 from relegated AIK, where she had been captain. Folkesson made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 1–1 Algarve Cup draw with China on 6 March 2013.
She suffered a knee ligament injury in training for a pre tournament friendly with Norway and was ruled out of Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 2013.