Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: English People of Danish Descent, Scottish People of Danish Descent, James Iv of Scotland, Alexandra of Denmark, Gertrude Lawrence, Alan Hansen, Sandi Toksvig, Steve Simonsen, Alaric Jacob, Scandinavian Migration to the United Kingdom, Ove Arup, Ashley Jensen, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Claus Von Blow, Lady Janet Stewart, Lady Rose Gilman, Robert Aagaard, Lady Davina Lewis, James, Duke of Rothesay, Harry Erentz, Fred Erentz, Jacob Aagaard, Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross, Alexander Stewart, Joanna Roth, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Lars Tharp. Excerpt: Total population item Regions with significant populations item All over the United Kingdom, in particular, England, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Channel Islands and Shetland Islands item Languages item English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese item Religion item Lutheran item Related ethnic groups item Scandinavian people, Germanic people Scandinavian migration to the United Kingdom is a phenomenon that has been occurring for nearly 1,500 years. Today, tens of millions of people living in the United Kingdom have some Scandinavian ancestry.Population The 2001 UK Census recorded 22,525 people born in Sweden, 18,695 in Denmark, 13,798 in Norway, 11,322 in Finland and 1,552 in Iceland . Many British people have some Scandinavian ancestry, with particular concentrations found in the north of the country, including Shetland and Orkney . Vikings and the Danelaw Scandinavian settlement in the UK began with the Viking invasions of the British Isles. These are thought to have begun with the sacking of the monastery at Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast as early as AD 793, followed by attacks on Jarrow (794) and the Columban church of Iona (976, 802, 806). S...