Both countries restored diplomatic relations on August 29, 1991. Finland’s main language, Finnish, is related to Estonian, and estonia turkey relations is and has been a certain feeling of kinship. Finns have visited Estonia, and in 2004, 1. 8 million Finns reported visiting Estonia.

In Finland, the idea of a unified Greater Finland gained popularity and influence rapidly in 1917, but lost support after World War II and the Continuation War. In Estonia of 1917, 1918 and 1940, the president Konstantin Päts wished for a union of Finnic countries in his political testament, writing an outline of a unification plan. The Finnish anthem Maamme and the Estonian national anthem share the same melody. It is also considered to be the national anthem for Livonians with text Min izāmō, min sindimō, My Fatherland, my native land.