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On Apple keyboards, you can also hold down a letter to see alternative versions of that letter: holding A, for example, offers eight alternatives, à, á, â, ä, æ, ã, å, and ā.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2018

Another from the province of Småland: Lille Bulle Trilla' ner å skulle; Ingen man i detta lan' Lille Bulle laga kan.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

Sw. diall. gruva, å gruv, Dan. paa gru.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

Written Norwegian has three extra vowels: æ, ø, å.

From Three in Norway by Two of Them by Clutterbuck, Walter J.

The å in Skåne and Småland is pronounced like o in ore. j is like the English y.

From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston