Letters transform into strange characters

We use an editable pdf-document for testing students for legal spelling exam. However, when using the danish letters æ, ø and å in form fields, these letters look fine when typing them, but as soon as one leaves one field to edit others the characters change to some strange ones. Have anyone a suggestion for a solution of this problem? Thank you in advance.
Version Adobe Reader version XI, version 11.0.06. Language setting is Danish

Does the same thing happen when you test the forms in Acrobat, when you design the form? Or, is it fine in Acrobat and only wrong in Reader?

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