diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/layout/par.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/layout/par.rs
index 6b862a23f..fe86f62a5 100644
--- a/crates/typst-library/src/layout/par.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-library/src/layout/par.rs
@@ -598,7 +598,11 @@ fn collect<'a>(
             if SmartQuoteElem::enabled_in(styles) {
                 let lang = TextElem::lang_in(styles);
                 let region = TextElem::region_in(styles);
-                let quotes = Quotes::from_lang(lang, region);
+                let quotes = Quotes::from_lang(
+                    lang,
+                    region,
+                    SmartQuoteElem::alternative_in(styles),
+                );
                 let peeked = iter.peek().and_then(|child| {
                     let child = if let Some((child, _)) = child.to_styled() {
                         child
diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/text/quotes.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/text/quotes.rs
index d07980642..bc3d00a06 100644
--- a/crates/typst-library/src/text/quotes.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-library/src/text/quotes.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ pub struct SmartQuoteElem {
     /// ```
     #[default(true)]
     pub enabled: bool,
+
+    /// Whether to use alternative quotes.
+    ///
+    /// Does nothing for languages that don't have alternative quotes.
+    ///
+    /// ```example
+    /// #set text(lang: "de")
+    /// #set smartquote(alternative: true)
+    ///
+    /// "Das ist in anderen Anführungszeichen."
+    /// ```
+    #[default(false)]
+    pub alternative: bool,
 }
 
 /// State machine for smart quote substitution.
@@ -135,17 +148,25 @@ impl<'s> Quotes<'s> {
     /// Norwegian.
     ///
     /// For unknown languages, the English quotes are used.
-    pub fn from_lang(lang: Lang, region: Option<Region>) -> Self {
+    pub fn from_lang(lang: Lang, region: Option<Region>, alternative: bool) -> Self {
         let region = region.as_ref().map(Region::as_str);
+
+        let low_high = ("‚", "‘", "„", "“");
+
         let (single_open, single_close, double_open, double_close) = match lang.as_str() {
-            "de" if matches!(region, Some("CH" | "LI")) => ("‹", "›", "«", "»"),
-            "cs" | "da" | "de" | "et" | "is" | "lt" | "lv" | "sk" | "sl" => {
-                ("‚", "‘", "„", "“")
-            }
+            "de" if matches!(region, Some("CH" | "LI")) => match alternative {
+                false => ("‹", "›", "«", "»"),
+                true => low_high,
+            },
+            "cs" | "da" | "de" | "sk" | "sl" if alternative => ("›", "‹", "»", "«"),
+            "cs" | "da" | "de" | "et" | "is" | "lt" | "lv" | "sk" | "sl" => low_high,
+            "fr" | "ru" if alternative => return Self::default(),
             "fr" => ("‹\u{00A0}", "\u{00A0}›", "«\u{00A0}", "\u{00A0}»"),
+            "fi" | "sv" if alternative => ("’", "’", "»", "»"),
             "bs" | "fi" | "sv" => ("’", "’", "”", "”"),
             "es" if matches!(region, Some("ES") | None) => ("“", "”", "«", "»"),
             "hu" | "pl" | "ro" => ("’", "’", "„", "”"),
+            "no" | "nb" | "nn" if alternative => low_high,
             "ru" | "no" | "nb" | "nn" | "ua" => ("’", "’", "«", "»"),
             _ if lang.dir() == Dir::RTL => ("’", "‘", "”", "“"),
             _ => return Self::default(),