Download or read book Scots-Scandinavian Links in Europe and America, 1550-1850 written by David Dobson and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2005 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 17th century, tens of thousands of Scots settled in Scandinavia, and a number of them would eventually become engaged as planters and merchants in the Danish colony of the Virgin Islands. Leaving no aspect of Scottish emigration to go unaddressed, David Dobson here identifies about 1,200 Scots who took up residence in Scandinavia and some of whose progeny made their way to the Americas.