diff --git a/conf/locale.conf b/conf/locale.conf
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--- a/conf/locale.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
-LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8
-LC_MONETARY=fi_FI.UTF-8
-LC_NAME=fi_FI.UTF-8
-LC_TELEPHONE=fi_FI.UTF-8
diff --git a/conf/pam_environment b/conf/pam_environment
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index 00000000..6b8932c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/pam_environment
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This is supposed to be ~/.pam_environment
+# See also https://mikaela.info/locale
+
+# Default language & everything: en_GB.UTF-8
+LANG            DEFAULT=en_GB.UTF-8
+# The primary language & fallbacks (this file is unhappy with only $LANG
+# in my test).
+LANGUAGE        DEFAULT=en_GB.UTF-8:en_US.UTF-8:en
+# ISO 8601
+LC_TIME         DEFAULT=en_DK.UTF-8
+# € not £
+LC_MONETARY     DEFAULT=fi_FI.UTF-8
+# no Mx, just the name
+LC_NAME         DEFAULT=fi_FI.UTF-8
+# +358...
+LC_TELEPHONE    DEFAULT=fi_FI.UTF-8