AHC: Anglocise the Scandinavian peninsular and unite it with the British Isles

In a way, this has already happened. Norway and Sweden are heavily americanised, and Sweden and Denmark are in a political union with the UK and Eire.
 
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In a way, this has already happened. Norway and Sweden are heavily americanised, and Sweden and Denmark are in a political union with the UK and Eire.
Ummm.... Well. That's an interesting take on the matter. Not, I'm pretty sure what the OP was looking for though.:) (That's not a complaint from me, by the way.)

But, this may be the only slant that would satisfy the challenge.
 

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Canute's empire holds together. Center of gravity drifts to England, vikings settle there and, after rebelling a few times and losing, the Denmark/Norway/Sweden (don't think Canute ruled Sweden, but they could get conquered) Old Norse dialects become seen as a backwards version of *proper* Norse (with substantial Old English influence) as spoken in Winchester.

(I have no idea how to do it the normal way with a recognizable England doing the conquering.)
 
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Scandinavia remains pagan throughout 10th and 11th century.

Scandinavian Crusade in the 1110s sees Norway and Western Sweden being granted to the King of England. Crusaders are given control of Denmark and Sweden, which are made into several principalities.

Christians from England, Normandy, and even some other locations are settled in Scandinavia, both in English Norway and in the principalities.

By the mid 1200s, the dialects of Scandinavia are very foreign-influenced. The ones in Norway are somewhat Anglicized.

In the 1300s, the King of England inherits a consolidated Denmark, and ten years later a consolidated Sweden. Holstein is conquered in a war that may also see the loss of a longer-held Normandy.

In the 1400s an English Civil War leads to a third of England's nobles relocating to Scandinavia, moving the capital to Copenhagen or Aarhus.

Stuff happens.

In the 1800s the dialect of English spoken in the British Empire and a former English colony in the Americas (both are geographically advantaged and are capable of rising in another TL) both begin to influence the Kingdom of Scandinavia/Denmark.

In the 1900s ATL America becomes the center of global culture and Scandinavian becomes more English/American influenced.

In the late 1900s, a world war unites Scandinavia with the British, whose colonies are failing. That, or an inheritance simply happens, and because of good relations between nations and fairly similar systems of governance, and maybe a large Russia, Germany, or Turkish Empire, people decide to go along with it instead of just establishing a republic in one of the nations. Or both.

By 2012, vernacular Scandinavian with all the newest globalized slang is as similar to TTL's English as OTL English is to Scots. The written version is significantly more Norse.
 
The Angles conquer both Britain and the Scandinavian peninsula. Centuries down the line, they are united under King Harald XXIX, who then fights Hitler in a giant steampunk flying longship. Tens of thousands die. :D
 
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