Parish (now part of present-day Lääne-Harju Parish) to parents Arvo and Reet Velberg (née Põder). Both of his parents were foresters. He is the youngest
Pedro Krusten [et] and Erni Krusten, and the uncle of the literary scholar Reet Krusten [et]. Krusten worked in Tallinn in 1919 as an official of the Northern
Krusten [et] and caricaturist Otto Krusten, and the father of the literary scholar Reet Krusten [et]. In 1920 he began to pursue writing, and his first book was
Littlefield. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4422-7224-8. OCLC 961388789. Mart Humal, Reet Remmel. Heino Eller in modo mixolydio. Tallinn: Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum: