Swedish: An Essential Grammar, 2nd edition

Similarities between Swedish and English
This is a comparative grammar, deliberately concentrating on the differences
between Swedish and English, some of which we have just outlined, and
thereby addressing specifically the needs of English-speaking learners. But
it is also necessary to bear in mind just how similar these two languages
are. A few of the major similarities which will help the learner acquire a
knowledge of Swedish are outlined below.
Vocabulary
1 Both Swedish and English are Germanic languages and they possess a
large core vocabulary of words that are identical or almost identical: