Entering Scandinavian characters into AWT TextField

I have a problem entering Scandinavian characters, ��, into AWT textfields. All I get is squares. The entered text, sent to a database, is not stored correctly either, so it is not just a display problem.
But then, I can copy-paste (both select - middle button, and ctrl-c - ctrl-v) these characters without problems, both from other fields within the application and from other X11 applications.
This is on Linux, I do not have a possibility to test on Windows.

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