Title: set language
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# set language

 *  [Camilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camilla/)
 * (@camilla)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-language/)
 * I have tried to install swedish language on my blog. Have followed the instructions
   to the last letter. set wplang to ‘sv_SE’ and made a new folder in wp-includes
   called languages where I installed the ISO mo file. Yet the blog is shown in 
   english language.
 * What should I do??
 * Greatful for any suggestions
 * Camilla

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 *  [jalenack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jalenack/)
 * (@jalenack)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-language/#post-234241)
 * Is the entire site (including the admin section) in English, or just the blog
   part?
 * Some theme developers don’t add the necessary hooks for language packets to do
   their duty. So are you using the default Kubrick theme that came with WordPress?
   or something else? A link to your site would be handy. Good luck.
 *  Thread Starter [Camilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camilla/)
 * (@camilla)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-language/#post-234286)
 * The entire site is in English. I am currently using another theme than the default.
   But I tried the language setting with default as well – no changes.
 * You’ll find my blog here: [http://www.adnotam.se/blog](http://www.adnotam.se/blog)
 * Camilla
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-language/#post-234318)
 * Hmmm… Camilla, you said:
    _I installed the ISO mo file_ yet your site has utf-
   8 encoding. You should try the utf-8 .mo file, too. Another question: what is
   the exact name of the .mo file on your server?
 *  [jimithesaint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimithesaint/)
 * (@jimithesaint)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-language/#post-234344)
 * Camilla, I have the same problem with sv_SE localization with 1.5.1.3, maybe 
   we can try to work it out together.
 *  Thread Starter [Camilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camilla/)
 * (@camilla)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-language/#post-234589)
 * Yes, lets try to work this out. I am desperate to find a solution. Will try to
   use the utf-8 file now.
 * Moshu: the exact name of the iso file I was talking about is sv_SE.ISO-8859-1.
   mo Should I state the entire file name in the wp-config file?
 *  Thread Starter [Camilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camilla/)
 * (@camilla)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-language/#post-234590)
 * Ha,ha! I made it! I downloaded the utf-8 mo.file for Swedish language; put it
   in wp-includes/languages. After that I changed the language setting in the wp-
   config file to sv_SE.uft-8 that did the trick. Both the blogtemplate plus the
   administrator´s pages are in Swedish.

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