A number of different ways exist for how to easily type special characters (e.g. €, Scandinavian characters like åæøœö etc...)
The very easiest, using any keyboard layout (i.e. you don't need a country-spesific keyboard) is to enable the 'compose key' in the Keyboard Preferences:
When enabled, one can hold down AltGr, then type:
More information @ DebianAdmin: Special Characters made easier in Ubuntu and more funky stuff GNOME can do to prevent RSI at the Ubuntu Blog.
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