Dagmar Normet was born Dagmar-Sarlia Rubinstein on 13 February 1921, in
Tallinn into a
Jewish family. From 1940 till 1945, her name was Dagmar Randa. Normet studied in
Ulyanovsk in the
Soviet Union at the Pedagogical Institute, and in
Moscow at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education. In 1945, Normet returned to
Tartu in Estonia to teach sport at the
Tartu State University. From 1945–1960, Dagmar was married to the Estonian
composer Leo Normet, with whom she had a son
Ingo Normet and a daughter Haldi. ==Selected works==