Mr Helme said his comments had been misunderstood, but offered an apology to Ms Marin.
He said he had ¼º¼öµ¿Æ÷ÀåÀÌ»ç intended to "acknowledge that it is possible to work oneself up from a low social level also into top politics".
"If someone has ¹øµ¿Æ÷ÀåÀÌ»ç misunderstood it... then indeed I want to say that I am offering my apology to the prime minister of Finland," he added.
In a statement, Estonia's President ¸íǰÆÐµù·¹Çø®Ä«=¸íǰÆÐµù·¹Çø®Ä« Kaljulaid said she had called her Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinisto, and asked him to convey her apologies to Ms Marin and her government.
"I also admitted to Æ÷ÀåÀÌ»çºñ¿ë°ßÀû him how embarrassed I am for all this," she said.