[TYPO3] Problem ordering characters åäö in typo3

[typo3 at mrbrown.se]

A while ago I made an extension for typo3 using the guide kickstarter
guide. The extension is made for storing resellers and listing them in FE
ordered by name. The problem is that it seems like typo3 somehow have a
problem reading the letters å ä ö and putting them correctly in a sorted
list.

In mySQL the code for åäö is showed as;

å = ä
ä = ä
ö = ö

It seems like typo3/mySQL orders the resellers using the specific mySQL
code and because of it the letters å ä ö is sorted in wrong order. I tried
to change the DB to utf-8 and I also tried with latin_swedish_c1 but none
of these shows my list in correct order. I can’t figure out how to solve
this problem but hopefully someone on this list has the solution.

/E