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The 2001 UK census recorded 22,525 residents born in Sweden. [2] The 2011 census recorded 30,151 Swedish-born residents in England, 543 in Wales, [9] 1,748 in Scotland [10] and 169 in Northern Ireland. [11] The Office for National Statistics estimates that 38,000 Swedish-born people were resident in the UK in 2017. [12]
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. [5]In more recent estimates by the Office for National Statistics, Sweden was the only Scandinavian country to feature in the top 60 foreign countries of birth of UK residents in 2013, with an estimated 27,000 people.
One of the earliest mentions of present day Sweden in old English literature comes in the form of the epic poem of Beowulf.The story is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, (Swedish Viking tribe), comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel.
The Swedish diaspora consists of emigrants and their ... Scandinavian migration to Britain is a phenomenon that has occurred at different periods over the past 1,200 ...
The 2023 migration figure is down from a record in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. Net migration to UK drops after hitting record levels, fuelling election debate Skip to ...
About 70% of the population increase between the 2001 and 2011 censuses was due to foreign-born immigration. [79] Long-term net migration (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, [80] with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [81]
The foreign-born population of the United Kingdom includes immigrants from a wide range of countries who are resident in the United Kingdom.In the period January to December 2016, there were groups from 23 foreign countries that were estimated to consist of at least 100,000 individuals residing in the UK (people born in Poland, India, Pakistan, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Bangladesh ...
According to the Swedish news agency TT, the man has a temporary residency permit in Sweden that is set to expire in 2024 but the agency is now re-examining the case. In an email to Swedish ...