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Olaf Kopvillem (1 November 1926 – 23 July 1997) was a prominent Estonian World War II refugee. Having settled in Canada, he engaged in the organisation of Estonian exile activities there, and is known for his numerous humorous covers of well-known songs. Kopvillem was born in Kiviõli, Estonia.

, a folk music group. He died in

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, Canada or 23 July 1997 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, of Parkinson's disease.

Awards

In 1996, Olaf Kopvillem was awarded the

Meie Mats Meie Mats, named after an Estonian folk song, is a prestigious yearly humour award issued since 1987 and originally initiated by Edgar Spriit, the chief editor of '' Pikker'', a long-time Estonian humour magazine.Maaleht 18 January 2001Kellest ...

Maaleht http://ekspress.delfi.ee/news/paevauudised/ekspress-on-eesti-suurim-nadalaleht?id=69205373 ''Maaleht'' is the biggest weekly newspaper published in Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Nort ...

18 January 2001
Kellest saab Meie Mats 2001?
by

Lembit Sibul Lembit Sibul (January 14, 1947 — October 2, 2001) was an Estonian humorist and stage actor, known for his work with the Estonian satire and humor magazine, '' Pikker''. In 1997 Lembit Sibul was awarded the Estonian humor award Meie Mats.

Pikker Pikne (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of lightning in Estonian mythology. In Finnish language, Finnish, lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are taboo euphemis ...

Reuse

A number of Kopvillem's melodies and lyrics have been

covered Cover or covers may refer to: Packaging * Another name for a lid * Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package * Album cover, the front of the packaging * Book cover or magazine cover ** Book design ** Back cover copy, part of co ...

couplet A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the ...

songs by Talong.

Discography

* Vindilised viisid ::# Pastoraal ::# Puhkus ::# Eluloolised märkmed ::# Nii me elame ::# Tsivillisatsioon ::# Immigrant Austriast ::# Jõulud ::# Võta käru ja käruta ::# Sauna taga, tiigi ääres * Viise ja vinte ::# Videvik ::# Arm küll polnud see ::# Romanss ::# Sügisüksildus ::# September ::# Cachita ::# Sularaha eest ::# Rio Grand ::# Koduigatsus ::# Klunker * Lenda, lenda, lepalind ::# Lenda, lenda, lepalind ::# Rannal ::# Rohutirts ::# Kevadtuul ja sina ::# Ball ::# Sügis ::# Igatsus ::# Sigarett ::# Üks naljakas laul

References

1926 births 1997 deaths Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Canada Recipients of Meie Mats People from Kiviõli Estonian humorists Estonian choral conductors 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Estonian male singers 20th-century Estonian composers {{Estonia-composer-stub