Kulle Raig

Kulle Raig (née Kulle-Küllike Alasi; born December 2, 1940) is an Estonian journalist, writer, and cultural figure.

Early life and education Kulle Raig was born in Tallinn,

Career Raig worked as a guide and translator for Intourist from 1972 to 1975 and as an editor of Estonian Radio programs in Finnish from 1975 to 1989. She then worked as a cultural editor for the Finnish Broadcasting Company in Finland (1990) and as the head of the Estonian Cultural Center in Helsinki (1991). She was the Estonian consul in Helsinki from 1991 to 1992 and the cultural and press advisor of the Helsinki embassy from 1992 to 1998. She founder the Estonian Institute in Helsinki and headed it from 1995 to 1998, and she was the general secretary of the Union of Finnish–Estonian Associations from 1999 to 2006.

Awards and recognitions 2000: Order of the National Coat of Arms, fourth-class medal 2004: Aino Kallas Award

Family Kulle Raig was married to the volleyball player (1938–1998).