Swedish Vikings attack the British Isles

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OTL (as far as I know), the Viking raids and invasions of Britain and Ireland were limited to Norwegians and Danes. The Danes left a lasting cultural impact on Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Anglia (and Normandy), while the Norwegians left their imprint on Cumberland, the Scottish Highlands and parts of Ireland.

Now the Danes and Norwegians were culturally closer to each other than either were to Sweden. Danish names in Yorkshire and Norwegian names in Cumberland are often very similar. But what if some Swedish Vikings had gone west instead of east and had been part of the invasions of Britain?

I'm thinking mainly of cultural and linguistic effects rather than this actually having much effect on the pattern and success of the Viking invasions.
 
It's a big step to get a real Swedish prescence in the British raids - Sweden didn't have any real west coast back then since the borders have shifted alot. I'm sure there were plenty of Swedes and Götar (Geats?) that went on the Dansih and Norwegian ships, but just blended in. For a Swedish expedition to get there it's have to go 'round from about where Stockholm is today down past Scania and up past Jutland and then go to the British Isles...

But that done, the impact would probably be mostly regional when it comes to Swedish influences - but the Scandinavian influences would be stronger combined and even more place-names and more words would have stuck in the language. IMO.
 
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