It is similar to two of the other Scandinavian languages , Norwegian and Danish , and a person who understands one of these languages can understand the others . Other Scandinavian languages , such as Icelandic and Faroese , are less closely related and can not be understood by Swedish speakers . In the established classification , it belongs to the East Scandinavian languages together with Danish , separating it from the West Scandinavian languages , consisting of Faroese , Icelandic and Norwegian .