Edea is a Finnish musical group. The Edea's song lyrics are written in an older form of the Finnish language and speak of old traditions as well. The mysterious runic symbols inscribed on the bows of Viking boats, door posts, drinking vessels, and amulets as well as the Finnish composer Sibelius are the source of Edea's music. Edea competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with their song, Aava.
Remigija Nazarovienė is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships and finished third at the 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. She won the Talence Decastar twice, in 1996 and 1997, and was runner-up in 1989 and 1998. She competed at three consecutive Olympic Games, three consecutive World Championships in Athletics, ad four straight editions of the European Athletics Championships.
Urmo Aava is a former Estonian rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship between 2002 and 2009. His regular co-driver was Kuldar Sikk, who later became Ott Tänak's co-driver.
Kaire Leibak is a retired Estonian triple jumper. Her personal best jump of 14.43 metres is the Estonian record.
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Aava", composed by Alexi Ahoniemi, with lyrics by Tommy Mansikka-Aho, and performed by the group Edea. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), organised the national final Euroviisut 1998. Yle returned to the contest after a one-year absence following its relegation from 1997 as one of the six entrants with the least average points over the preceding four contests.
Helle is both a feminine given name and a surname. In Scandinavia, it is a variant of the feminine given name Helga. Notable people with the name include:
Liis Remmel is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress.
Kadri Rämmeld is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress.
Take It or Leave It is a 2018 Estonian drama film directed by Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Moonika Siimets is an Estonian film director who has directed award-winning documentaries, television series and short films. In 2010, she received the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for World Champion and Trendy Dog. Her first feature film The Little Comrade remained the top film in Estonia for five weeks, attracting 100,000 viewers.
Moonika is an Estonian feminine given name; a cognate of the names Monica and Monique. Another cognate, Monika, is also found in Estonia.
Helle-Moonika Helme is an Estonian musician and politician. She has been member of XIV Riigikogu and XV Riigikogu.
Maarja Jakobson is an Estonian television, stage and film actress whose career began in the late 1990s.
Aavas Financiers, also known as Aavas, is a Jaipur based housing finance company known for providing home loans in the rural and semi-urban locations of India. Aavas is registered with National Housing Bank as a Housing Finance Company and was granted the license in August 2011.
The Little Comrade is a 2018 Estonian film directed by Moonika Siimets and based on the novels Seltsimees laps ja suured inimesed and Samet ja saepuru ehk Seltsimees laps ja kirjatähed by Leelo Tungal.
Tiiu Levald is an Estonian opera singer (soprano), pedagogue and music critic.
Linda Ojastu was an Estonian athletics competitor.
Toomas Merila is an Estonian coach and former javelin thrower.
Uno Aava is an Estonian racing driver and sports historian. In 2001 he was chosen to best rally driver of 20th century of Estonia.
