Increasing immigration and intermarriage in Sweden and Japan have led to a growing multiracial and multiethnic population. Approximately 7% of the Swedish population and 2% of the Japanese population are multiracial and multiethnic today. Based on a total of 39 interviews with mixed persons in Sweden and Japan, I examine the self-claimed and ascribed identification among mixed Japanese and mixed Swedes. I argue that, despite the contextual differences, there are commonalities of experiences and identification. These commonalities of experiences shed light on the conditions the mixed individuals feel that they must fulfill in order to have their different claims to identities validated. The study gives a unique insight into how racial appraisal constrains individual choices of identity in a context where there is no official classification of racial and ethnic groups.

在瑞典和日本，越来越多的移民和通婚导致了多种族和多种族人口的增长。今天，大约7％的瑞典人口和2％的日本人口是多种族和多种族的。在对瑞典和日本的混合人进行的总共39次采访的基础上，我研究了混合的日本人和混合的瑞典人之间自称和归属的认同。我认为，尽管上下文不同，但经验和认同存在共性。这些经验的共通性说明了混合个人认为他们必须满足的条件才能使他们对身份的不同主张得到证实。