Vector list = new Vector();
list.add("\u00e4pple");
list.add("banan");
list.add("p\u00e4ron");
list.add("orange");
// Obtain a Swedish collator
Collator collate = Collator.getInstance(new Locale("sv", ""));
Collections.sort(list, collate);
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
for (int i= 0;i < list.size(); i++) {
result.append(list.elementAt(i));
result.append(" ");
}
add(new JLabel(result.toString()));