Writing special characters on a foreign keyboard

Now here is a real brainer for you xp/vista gurus.
I wanna buy a new lenovo in sweden, with this keyboard layout <img>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_Sweden.svg</img>, but i need to be able to write with this layout:
<img>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_Denmark.svg</img> which is danish. Danish, while very close to swedish has a few differences in letters, namely "ä, ö" in swedish is "æ, ø" in danish. So the question is: can I just set the keyboard layout to danish in vista and hey pronto, my problem will be solved?
100 zimbabwean dollars for an answer!
thanks in advance

You can set up Windows Vista for use with different keyboard layouts.
Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options
Then click on the "Keyboards and Languages" tab.
Then click on the "Change Keyboards" button.
Then click on the "Add" button.
Select the language of choice. You can use the "Preview" button to verify the correct keyboard layout.
Then click "OK".
You can then change from the different keyboard layouts by pushing "Alt + Shift".
By the way, I'll take the 100 Zimbabwean dollars in cash.
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