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Speaking of Icelandic, it is at times like these that I really see the benefits of being Danish - or Scandinavian at least.
Once you learn Danish, you're almost getting a 3-for-1 deal, and arguably even a 5-for-1!

Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are all three very closely related, to the point where if you meet a Norwegian, as a Dane, you can speak your own native tongue, knowing that they'll be able to understand you.
The funny thing is, that both Icelandic and Faroese are also extremely similar to our language. Here's an example for you:

English	My name is Fox	But now I am Foxy
Danish	Mit navn er Fox	Men nu er jeg Foxy
Norwegian	Mitt navn er Fox	Men nå er jeg Foxy
Swedish	Mitt namn är Fox	Men nu är jag Foxy
Icelandic	Mitt nafn er Fox	En nú er ég Foxy
Faroese	Mítt navn er Fox	Men nú er eg Foxy

I guess you can say that it's like German/Dutch or German/Swiss, but only to a certain extend. They share quite a lot of similarities, but comes nowhere near the way the Nordic languages work.

*Note: And I know that Finland is also a part of The Nordic Countries, but their language is not close to ours.
Theirs is closer to Russian if anything...

I know im responding to a year and 3 months old post, BUT I just have to say that finnish and russian are barely related, finnish got some loan words from it but it got more from swedish. So finnish is way more close to swedish than russian.