Until Brexit and COVID the number of Nordic speakers in the UK rose year on year.
According to the 2001 census the number of native Nordic speakers living in the UK was 67,619 numbers peaked pre BREXIT.
Danish Speakers 18,695 2008: 22,000 2019:28,000 2021:32,000
Finnish Speakers 11,322 2019: 21,000 2021:14,000
Icelandic Speakers 1552
Norwegian Speakers 13,798 2008: 16,000 2019: 22,000 2021: 19,000
Swedish Speakers 22,525 2011: 32,611 2019: 53,000 2021: 45,000
Populations continued to rise until BREXIT and COVID-19 – two factors that caused the decline that continues.
Source: Statista