diff --git a/lib/valid_email2/address.rb b/lib/valid_email2/address.rb
index bfcd471..734667e 100644
--- a/lib/valid_email2/address.rb
+++ b/lib/valid_email2/address.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require "valid_email2"
 require "resolv"
 require "mail"
+require "unicode/emoji"
 
 module ValidEmail2
   class Address
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def initialize(address, dns_timeout = 5, dns_nameserver = nil)
         @parse_error = true
       end
 
-      @parse_error ||= address_contain_emoticons? @raw_address
+      @parse_error ||= address_contain_emoticons?
     end
 
     def valid?
@@ -130,10 +131,10 @@ def mx_server_is_in?(domain_list)
       }
     end
 
-    def address_contain_emoticons?(email)
-      return false if email.nil?
+    def address_contain_emoticons?
+      return false if @raw_address.nil?
 
-      email.each_char.any? { |char| char.bytesize > 1 }
+      @raw_address.scan(Unicode::Emoji::REGEX).length >= 1
     end
 
     def mx_servers
diff --git a/spec/address_spec.rb b/spec/address_spec.rb
index 02a14aa..0f1165e 100644
--- a/spec/address_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/address_spec.rb
@@ -33,5 +33,10 @@
       address = described_class.new("foo🙈@gmail.com")
       expect(address.valid?).to be false
     end
+
+    it "is valid if it contains special scandinavian characters" do
+      address = described_class.new("jørgen@email.dk")
+      expect(address.valid?).to eq true
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/valid_email2.gemspec b/valid_email2.gemspec
index b9e67a7..a8df0bc 100644
--- a/valid_email2.gemspec
+++ b/valid_email2.gemspec
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "pry"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "mail", "~> 2.5"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "activemodel", ">= 6.0"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "unicode-emoji", "~> 3.7.0"
 end