Tamm worked actively towards the goal that Estonia would be admitted to NATO and was an ardent promoter of that cause in the Estonian media.
1995 – Commander 1st Class of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star[1] Eino Tamm has six children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
[1] Tamm's maternal grandfather, Jüri Mitt, participated in the Estonian War of Independence.
Helle Tamm did not complete her law studies and later, after graduating from Tallinn Pedagogical University, became a librarian.
[1] In 1997, Tamm married Sirje Subbe, a piano teacher and a founder of the Estonian Suzuki Association.