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Updated 02 April 2008

Visiting a Scandinavian Internet café is a frustrating experience for an English keyboard user - all those accented keys in place of our familiar qwerty layout! However, those characters are even more difficult to find back in the UK, hence the table below.

On a Windows keyboard, you can get Scandinavian characters into html documents or Google Earth using the Alt key with the key sequence below (you need to type the numbers on the numeric keypad however).

HTML Name Code HTML Number Code Glyph MacOS Windows Description
° ° °   option - shift - 8 Alt + 0176 degree sign
± ± ±   option - shift - = Alt + 0177 plus or minus
´ ´ ´   option - shift - e Alt + 0180 acute accent
µ µ µ   option - m Alt + 0181 micro sign
¶ ¶    option - 7 Alt + 0182 paragraph sign
· · ·   option - shift - 9 Alt + 0183 middle dot
¸ ¸ ¸   option - shift - z Alt + 0184 cedilla
¹ ¹ ¹     Alt + 0185 superscript one
º º º   option - 0 Alt + 0186 masculine ordinal
» » »   option - shift - \ Alt + 0187 right angle quote
¼ ¼ ¼     Alt + 0188 one-fourth
½ ½ ½     Alt + 0189 one-half
¾ ¾ ¾     Alt + 0190 three-fourths
¿ ¿ ¿   option - shift - ? Alt + 0191 inverted question mark
À À À   option - ` A Alt + 0192 uppercase A, grave accent
Á Á Á   option - e A Alt + 0193 uppercase A, acute accent
     option - i A Alt + 0194 uppercase A, circumflex accent
à à à  option - n A Alt + 0195 uppercase A, tilde
Ä Ä Ä   option - u A Alt + 0196 uppercase A, umlaut
Å Å Å   option - shift - a Alt + 0197 uppercase A, ring
Æ Æ Æ   option - shift - ' Alt + 0198 uppercase AE
Ç Ç Ç   option - shift - c Alt + 0199 uppercase C, cedilla
È È È   option - ` E Alt + 0200 uppercase E, grave accent
É É É   option - e E Alt + 0201 uppercase E, acute accent
Ê Ê Ê   option - i E Alt + 0202 uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë Ë Ë   option - u E Alt + 0203 uppercase E, umlaut
Ì Ì Ì   option - ` I Alt + 0204 uppercase I, grave accent
Í Í Í   option - e I Alt + 0205 uppercase I, acute accent
ΠΠΠ  option - i I Alt + 0206 uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï Ï Ï   option - u I Alt + 0207 uppercase I, umlaut
РРР    Alt + 0208 uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ Ñ Ñ   option - n N Alt + 0209 uppercase N, tilde
Ò Ò Ò   option - ` O Alt + 0210 uppercase O, grave accent
Ó Ó Ó   option - e O Alt + 0211 uppercase O, acute accent
Ô Ô Ô   option - i O Alt + 0212 uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ Õ Õ   option - n O Alt + 0213 uppercase O, tilde
Ö Ö Ö   option - u O Alt + 0214 uppercase O, umlaut
× × ×     Alt + 0215 multiplication sign
Ø Ø Ø   option - shift - o Alt + 0216 uppercase O, slash
Ù Ù Ù   option - ` U Alt + 0217 uppercase U, grave accent
Ú Ú Ú   option - e U Alt + 0218 uppercase U, acute accent
Û Û Û   option - i U Alt + 0219 uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü Ü Ü   option - u U Alt + 0220 uppercase U, umlaut
Ý Ý Ý     Alt + 0221 uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ Þ Þ     Alt + 0222 uppercase THORN, Icelandic
ß ß ß   option - s Alt + 0223 lowercase sharps, German
à à à   option - ` a Alt + 0224 lowercase a, grave accent
á á á   option - e a Alt + 0225 lowercase a, acute accent
â â â   option - i a Alt + 0226 lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã ã ã   option - n a Alt + 0227 lowercase a, tilde
ä ä ä   option - u a Alt + 0228 lowercase a, umlaut
å å å   option - a Alt + 0229 lowercase a, ring
æ æ æ   option - ' Alt + 0230 lowercase ae
ç ç ç   option - c Alt + 0231 lowercase c, cedilla
è è è   option - ` e Alt + 0232 lowercase e, grave accent
é é é   option - e e Alt + 0233 lowercase e, acute accent
ê ê ê   option - i e Alt + 0234 lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë ë ë   option - u e Alt + 0235 lowercase e, umlaut
ì ì ì   option - ` i Alt + 0236 lowercase i, grave accent
í í í   option - e i Alt + 0237 lowercase i, acute accent
î î î   option - i i Alt + 0238 lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï ï ï   option - u i Alt + 0239 lowercase i, umlaut
ð ð ð     Alt + 0240 lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ ñ ñ   option - n n Alt + 0241 lowercase n, tilde
ò ò ò   option - ` o Alt + 0242 lowercase o, grave accent
ó ó ó   option - e o Alt + 0243 lowercase o, acute accent
ô ô ô   option - i o Alt + 0244 lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ õ õ   option - n o Alt + 0245 lowercase o, tilde
ö ö ö   option - u o Alt + 0246 lowercase o, umlaut
÷ ÷ ÷     Alt + 0247 division sign
ø ø ø   option - o Alt + 0248 lowercase o, slash
ù ù ù   option - ` u Alt + 0249 lowercase u, grave accent
ú ú ú   option - e u Alt + 0250 lowercase u, acute accent
û û û   option - i u Alt + 0251 lowercase u, circumflex accent
ü ü ü   option - u u Alt + 0252 lowercase u, umlaut
ý ý ý     Alt + 0253 lowercase y, acute accent
þ þ þ     Alt + 0254 lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ ÿ ÿ   option - u y Alt + 0255 lowercase y, umlaut

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