I just installed Ubuntu 13.10, and really enjoy it. I am from Denmark, and use the supported Danish keyboard-layout (and chose it as default in the install), but whenever I reboot Ubuntu switches back to English keyboard-layout, though the little icon in the panel says it's in Danish. I have to click on the icon every time to change it back to Danish. I tried removing the English keyboard-layout, but it didn't help. Any suggestions?
Ubuntu – Keyboard layout switches to English each time I reboot
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Go to: System settings > Text Entry. Then use the arrows to select default keyboard. Alternatively, use -/+ to add or remove keyboard respectively. See: 
Make sure that your preferred keyboard layout is number one on that list. Alternatively, remove all the keyboard layout you don’t need from that list of keyboards. Then restart you systems for the changes to take effect.
Some googling and a test led me to this:
Right click the panel -> Add / Remove Panel Items -> Add -> Keyboard Layout Handler
That adds an icon to the panel, and by right clicking it and selecting "Settings", a GUI tool for managing keyboard layouts shows up.
To add languages, "keep system layout" should be unchecked.
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I'm Italian and I had the same problem as you before yesterday evening. I came also in this thread but I didn't find a solution.
Default layout keyboard was selected as Italian but at every boot "switched back to English keyboard-layout, though the little icon in the panel says it was in Italian. I have to click on the icon every time to change it back to Italian. I tried removing the English keyboard-layout, but it didn't help". It was frustrasting.
I solved my problem changing Text settings from these:
to these, that work fine for me:
Now my default keyboard layout is italian and works as italian by default, not as english. Now I don't have to click on the icon every time to change it back to Italian. I hope this can help you.