Being and equal part

[waralan]

Being and equal part Norwegian as well as English, I couldn't help notice that Great Britian was invaded by them.  Is there any vesteds of that now?

[Hackstaple]

The Orkney Islands  maintain very strong links with Norway, particularly Bergen.

Most inhabitants of the Shetland Isles are of Norwegian descent.

[crisane]

I found this website which gives some interesting basic information. Put www in front
vikingart.com/Vikings.htm

[waralan]

Thanks all who answered.

[Springbok]

Hi waralan ,

you might try "Googling" Viking DNA. There was a televised research project to see how many present day Scottish islanders had Norwegian/Viking DNA.

The conclusion was that ,rather than being a war like invasion, they intermarried with the Celtic populations.All of the descendants had variations in their Viking Ancestry.

Spring

[waralan]

Springbrook, thanks I will try that.

[Valda]

Hi


Viking place names particularly in Yorkshire and words within the English language

http://www.viking.no/e/england/e-viking_english.htm

As far as Iceland is concerned it was a two way process

'Most Icelanders are descendants of Norwegian settlers and Celts from Ireland and Scotland, brought over as slaves during the age of settlement. Recent DNA analysis suggests that around 66 percent of the male settler-era population was of Norse ancestry, whereas the female population was 60 percent Celtic'


After the Vikings came the Normans who are often perceived just as french but where in fact

'The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock. Their identity emerged initially in the first half of the tenth century, and gradually evolved over succeeding centuries. The name "Normans" derives from Nortmanni (Northmen), after the Vikings who founded Normandy.'

Sources Wikipedia


Regards

Valda

[waralan]

Valda, from my understanding either Eric the Red or his son discovered Ice Land.

[Valda]

Hi

Greenland not Iceland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iceland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red


Regards

Valda