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Posted by ew6
ew6
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HTML troubbleshooting: Changing written language in HTML from ENG to SWE

Hi! I'm looking to change the written language in my webpage from english to swedish. The sentance "Vi bor på 5e våningen på" is shown as "Vi bor pÃ¥ 5e vÃ¥ningen pÃ¥" in my browser. I read something about adding a " lang="sv" " class in my <html> element, but it doenst work. Could anyone help me with this?

TLDR my native letters å ä ö is displayed wrong in my browser.

1 Answer

Robert Gulley
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Robert Gulley
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 10,722 Points
Robert Gulley
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Robert Gulley
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 10,722 Points

Hi!

You are definitely on the correct path. Declare your language in the <html> tag. Swedish is declared with "sv". If you do this, your code should work.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="sv">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>Vi bor på 5e våningen på</p>
  </body>
</html>