diff --git a/packages/backend/backend/cli/infer.py b/packages/backend/backend/cli/infer.py
index 76957d2..04eb908 100644
--- a/packages/backend/backend/cli/infer.py
+++ b/packages/backend/backend/cli/infer.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def main():
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--lang',
-        default='en',
-        help='OCR language (default: en)'
+        default='sv',
+        help='OCR language (default: sv)'
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--gpu',
diff --git a/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/field_extractor.py b/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/field_extractor.py
index 7a7eb76..c30b100 100644
--- a/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/field_extractor.py
+++ b/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/field_extractor.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class FieldExtractor:
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        ocr_lang: str = 'en',
+        ocr_lang: str = 'sv',
         use_gpu: bool = False,
         bbox_padding: float = 0.1,
         dpi: int = 300,
diff --git a/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/pipeline.py b/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/pipeline.py
index 5b41a56..a0d6e58 100644
--- a/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/pipeline.py
+++ b/packages/backend/backend/pipeline/pipeline.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class InferencePipeline:
         self,
         model_path: str | Path,
         confidence_threshold: float = 0.5,
-        ocr_lang: str = 'en',
+        ocr_lang: str = 'sv',
         use_gpu: bool = False,
         dpi: int = 300,
         enable_fallback: bool = True,
diff --git a/packages/backend/backend/web/services/autolabel.py b/packages/backend/backend/web/services/autolabel.py
index a88f5b1..6bfd13a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/backend/web/services/autolabel.py
+++ b/packages/backend/backend/web/services/autolabel.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class AutoLabelService:
     def ocr_engine(self) -> OCREngine:
         """Lazy initialization of OCR engine."""
         if self._ocr_engine is None:
-            self._ocr_engine = OCREngine(lang="en")
+            self._ocr_engine = OCREngine(lang="sv")
         return self._ocr_engine
 
     def auto_label_document(
diff --git a/packages/shared/shared/ocr/paddle_ocr.py b/packages/shared/shared/ocr/paddle_ocr.py
index 76c5775..eeba1b5 100644
--- a/packages/shared/shared/ocr/paddle_ocr.py
+++ b/packages/shared/shared/ocr/paddle_ocr.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class OCREngine:
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        lang: str = "en",
+        lang: str = "sv",
         det_model_dir: str | None = None,
         rec_model_dir: str | None = None,
         use_doc_orientation_classify: bool = True,
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class OCREngine:
 
 def extract_ocr_tokens(
     image_path: str | Path,
-    lang: str = "en",
+    lang: str = "sv",
     page_no: int = 0
 ) -> list[OCRToken]:
     """
diff --git a/packages/training/training/processing/gpu_pool.py b/packages/training/training/processing/gpu_pool.py
index 7f4286e..b23bf28 100644
--- a/packages/training/training/processing/gpu_pool.py
+++ b/packages/training/training/processing/gpu_pool.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _init_gpu_worker(gpu_id: int = 0) -> None:
         from paddleocr import PaddleOCR
 
         # PaddleOCR 3.x init - minimal params, GPU controlled via paddle.set_device
-        _ocr_instance = PaddleOCR(lang="en")
+        _ocr_instance = PaddleOCR(lang="sv")
         _gpu_initialized = True
         logger.info(f"GPU worker initialized on GPU {gpu_id} in process {os.getpid()}")