diff --git a/magnolia-templating/src/main/java/info/magnolia/templating/functions/TemplatingFunctions.java b/magnolia-templating/src/main/java/info/magnolia/templating/functions/TemplatingFunctions.java
index 9ece36b..734f784 100644
--- a/magnolia-templating/src/main/java/info/magnolia/templating/functions/TemplatingFunctions.java
+++ b/magnolia-templating/src/main/java/info/magnolia/templating/functions/TemplatingFunctions.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.LocaleUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.util.ISO8601;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -1352,6 +1353,20 @@
         return StringUtils.equals(aggregationStateProvider.get().getLocale().toString(), language);
     }
 
+    public boolean isCurrentLocale(Locale locale) {
+        return StringUtils.equals(aggregationStateProvider.get().getLocale().toString(), locale.toString());
+    }
+
+    public Locale getLocale(String language) {
+        // Must catch throwing exception for returning properly Null to the Freemarker script.
+        try {
+            return LocaleUtils.toLocale(language);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.warn("Unable to resolve Locale for language {}", language, e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a link of current URI to given language.
      *