# Cant get Sweidsh characters to work :( plz help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-sweidsh-characters-to-work-plz-help/63596>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 8, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-sweidsh-characters-to-work-plz-help/63596 "2004-09-08T09:49:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![quackpack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/8e7dd6/32.png) [@quackpack](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/quackpack)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-sweidsh-characters-to-work-plz-help/63596/1 "2004-09-08T09:49:30Z")

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Hello!  
In currently working on a website with flash for a company here in sweden and my problem is that the newsblock im having now dont show swedish characters like å, ä, ö… instead it just shows some block ☹

what to do? ☹

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-sweidsh-characters-to-work-plz-help/63596/2 "2004-09-08T13:34:10Z")

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Have you embedded the needed characters?

It appears a few people are having this problem  
I will look into it some more…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-get-sweidsh-characters-to-work-plz-help/63596/3 "2004-09-08T15:39:11Z")

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[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/international\_characters.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/international_characters.htm)