{{Short description|Estonian folklorist, regilaul singer and composer (1951–2018)}}

{{Infobox person | name = Mikk Sarv | image = Mikk Sarv. 2008..jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|8|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Tartu, Estonia<ref name="LoomingMemorial">{{cite web |title=Mikk Sarv 10. VIII 1951 — 6. IV 2018 |website=Looming |date=22 June 2018 |url=https://www.looming.ee/mikk-sarv-10-viii-1951-6-iv-2018/ |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|4|6|1951|8|10|df=y}}<ref name="ERRobit">{{cite web |title=Suri rahvaluuleteadlane ja loodusmees Mikk Sarv |website=ERR |date=6 April 2018 |url=https://www.err.ee/744067/suri-rahvaluuleteadlane-ja-loodusmees-mikk-sarv |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref> | resting_place = Old St. John's Cemetery, Tartu | occupation = Folklorist; runic-song ({{lang|et|regilaul}}) singer; biologist; educator; composer; broadcaster<ref name="ERRobit" /><ref name="SirpMemorial">{{cite web |title=Mikk Sarv 10. VIII 1951 – 6. IV 2018 |website=Sirp |date=20 April 2018 |url=https://www.sirp.ee/mikk-sarv-10-viii-1951-6-iv-2018/ |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref><ref name="ETBL">{{cite web |title=Sarv, Mikk |website=Eesti Entsüklopeedia (ETBL / Eesti Teatri Biograafiline Leksikon) |url=https://etbl.teatriliit.ee/artikkel/sarv_mikk1 |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref> | known_for = Co-founding the runic song ensemble ''Hellero''; promoting {{lang|et|regilaul}}; composing music for Estonian documentary film<ref name="ERRobit" /><ref name="WeaverLetonica">{{cite journal |last=Weaver |first=Ieva |title=Transnational Networks Behind Folk Music Revivals: A Methodological Study of the Latvian Folklore Group Skandinieki |journal=Letonica |issue=57 |year=2025 |pages=154–184 |doi=10.35539/LTNC.2025.0057.07 |url=https://lulfmi.lv/storage/files/letonica57-13-weaver.pdf |access-date=3 March 2026}}</ref> | awards = Order of the White Star (Medal Class, 2001)<ref name="RTWhiteStar2001">{{cite web |title=Riiklike autasude andmine (otsus nr 985) |website=Riigi Teataja |date=2 February 2001 |url=https://riigiteataja.ee/akt/84532 |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref>; Cultural Endowment of Estonia annual award (1998)<ref name="Kulka1998">{{cite web |title=Rahvakultuuri sihtkapitali aastapreemiad 1995–2000 (1998) |website=Eesti Kultuurkapital |url=https://www.kulka.ee/sihtkapitalid/rahvakultuur/aastapreemiad/aastapreemiad-1995-2000 |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref> }}

'''Mikk Sarv''' (10 August 1951 – 6 April 2018) was an Estonian folklorist, {{lang|et|regilaul}} (runic-song) singer, biologist, educator and composer.<ref name="ERRobit" /><ref name="SirpMemorial" /><ref name="LoomingMemorial" /> He was a prominent promoter of the {{lang|et|regilaul}} tradition and was among the founders of the runic-song ensemble ''Hellero''.<ref name="ERRobit" /><ref name="KulkaMemorial">{{cite web |title=IN MEMORIAM: MIKK SARV |website=Eesti Kultuurkapital |date=6 April 2018 |url=https://kulka.ee/uudised/in-memoriam-mikk-sarv |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref> In scholarship on Baltic folklore revivals, Sarv has been described as a key figure in Estonian–Latvian networks around traditional music.<ref name="WeaverLetonica" />

Sarv also composed music for Estonian documentary films, including nature films and other documentaries credited in contemporary reporting and film databases.<ref name="ERRobit" /><ref name="EFISTavalineRastik">{{cite web |title=Tavaline rästik (1978) |website=Eesti Filmi Andmebaas (EFIS) |url=https://www.efis.ee/film/6557 |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref><ref name="EFISKuulugu">{{cite web |title=Kuulugu (1984) |website=Eesti Filmi Andmebaas (EFIS) |url=https://www.efis.ee/film/3503 |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref>

== Public roles == Sarv was active in civic organisations connected to adult education and rural community development. A historical overview of the Estonian Adult Education Association ({{lang|et|Eesti Vabaharidusliit}}) credits Sarv as a key figure in the organisation’s (re)founding process and notes that he served as its chair in the early period.<ref name="KasvamiseLugu">{{cite report |title=Kasvamise lugu |publisher=Eesti Vabaharidusliit |date=1 December 2019 |url=https://vabaharidus.ee/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Vabaharidusliit_KasvamiseLugu11.pdf |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref> A 1994 issue of ''Õpetajate Leht'' listed Sarv as chair of both the Adult Education Teachers’ Society and the Adult Education Association.<ref name="OpLeht1994">{{cite news |title=Dokumendid (täiskasvanute koolituse nõukogu koosseis) |newspaper=Õpetajate Leht |date=14 October 1994 |page=3 |url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=is&e=-------et-25--1--txt-txIN%7CtxTI%7CtxAU%7CtxTA-------------&oid=opetajateleht19941014&type=staticpdf |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref>

In the context of rural community organising, a PREPARE network report on the Estonian Village Movement (Kodukant) identifies Sarv as the movement’s first president.<ref name="PrepareKodukant">{{cite report |title=The Estonian Village Movement, Kodukant |publisher=PREPARE network (report PDF) |url=https://www.preparenetwork.org/files/differ/rural_movments_of_europe_part_2.pdf |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=en}}</ref>

== Broadcasting == Sarv appeared in Estonian broadcasting, including the ETV portrait programme ''Tähelaev''.<ref name="Tahelaev">{{cite web |title=Tähelaev: 27 – Mikk Sarv |website=ERR Arhiiv |date=23 October 2004 |url=https://arhiiv.err.ee/video/vaata/tahelaev-mikk-sarv |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref> After his death, Klassikaraadio aired a programme highlighting his work and noted his long-running contribution to radio series such as ''Päeva pärimussõna''.<ref name="Klassikaraadio2018">{{cite web |title=Muusikatuba. Mikk Sarve hääl |website=Klassikaraadio (ERR) |date=11 April 2018 |url=https://klassikaraadio.err.ee/743942/muusikatuba-mikk-sarve-haal |access-date=3 March 2026 |language=et}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition == Sarv received the Cultural Endowment of Estonia’s annual award from the Folk Culture Endowment (1998).<ref name="Kulka1998" /> He was awarded the Order of the White Star (Medal Class) by a state decorations decision of 2 February 2001.<ref name="RTWhiteStar2001" />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarv, Mikk}} Category:1951 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Estonian folklorists Category:Estonian male composers Category:Estonian film score composers Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, Medal Class Category:People from Tartu