Characters not accepted

[Ole Roger Dahle]

Running
OpenSuSe 13.2
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%";
innodb_version | 5.6.28
protocol_version | 10
slave_type_conversions |
version | 5.6.28
version_comment | openSUSE package
version_compile_machine | x86_64
version_compile_os | Linux

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set%';
character_set_client | utf8
character_set_connection | utf8
character_set_database | utf8
character_set_filesystem | binary
character_set_results | utf8
character_set_server | utf8
character_set_system | utf8

in terminal
> characters ØÆÅ is accepted from keyboard

in terminal - mysql
mysql>characters ØÆÅ is NOT accepted from keyboard

copy paste from texteditor
characters ØÆÅ is NOT accepted

using same setttings on older DBs with same settings shows characters ØÆÅ


Anyone who can tell me what is wrong?