Problem sorting Swedish characters Å Ä Ö MySQL

Question

I\'m trying to sort a list with asc or desc - depending on what the user choose. In the list I have the Swedish characters Å Ä Ö and it\'s here the problem shows up. I have

Answer 1

The general collation places Ö with O. If you want Ö at the end of the alphabet then you need to use utf8_swedish_ci.