Amanda, 23: “I'm Always Too Swedish -- or Not Swedish Enough”

Every eighth person in Sweden has a mixed background, one parent from Sweden and one from abroad. One of them is 23-year-old Amanda Axelsson. However, people with at least one Swedish parent are counted in SCB's statistics as the group with a Swedish background. Researcher Sayaka Osanami Törngren believes that mixed children's experiences become invisible. “Today, SCB only measures one's own and parents' country of birth, this is a very simplifi…