The Vikings come from Denmark and Norway.They first visited Britain in AD 789 to raid coastal towns and take away good and slaves.Then,they began to stay and from their own communities in the east of England and Scotland. the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England United under king Alfred the Great,who defeated the Viking.Many of the Viking invaders stayed in Britain -especially in the east and north of England,in an area known as the Danelaw.(many place names there,such as Grimsby and Scunthorpe ,come from the Viking languages). The Viking settlers mixed with local communities and some converted to Christianity.