Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Karlstad University had reached a settlement with Expo founder Tobias Hübinette to end his employment as a lecturer at the university. The agreement means Hübinette will receive severance pay of nearly 700,000 SEK. At the same time, the publicly funded broadcaster SVT has chosen not to report on the ongoing legal proceedings that overlap with his departure.
In mid-April, Samnytt reported that Expo founder, left-wing figure, and associate professor Tobias Hübinette is being prosecuted for unlawful threats and harassment against two close individuals—crimes for which he risks being sentenced to prison.
The background to the charges is a long series of messages Hübinette wrote in August 2022 in a group chat he shared with his partner and the father of his partner’s child.
He also promises revenge. He writes that he will “harm all of you as much as I can until I die,” and that he will “die with pride” after having destroyed the lives of his partner and her child’s father.
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“My hatred towards you is boundless and I already have so many convictions that I no longer care” and “Now all of you will suffer and perish, you damn fools,” are other threatening messages the well-known scholar sent them, as revealed in the official court documents.
Hübinette: Cannot Disclose Anything
Nya Wermlands-Tidningen (NWT) has contacted Tobias Hübinette, who states that he cannot comment on why his position at Karlstad University is being suddenly terminated after eleven years at the institution. According to Hübinette, he has signed an agreement with the university’s head of HR, Ingrid Ganrot.
– The fact that I signed an agreement and will be leaving, I can confirm, says Tobias Hübinette to NWT, adding that he cannot comment on the reason for the agreement.
SVT Conceals Charges Against Expo Founder
Tobias Hübinette was not only active as a lecturer at Karlstad University but also has a long background in the Swedish far-left scene. In 1995, he co-founded Expo together with, among others, Stieg Larsson.
Since its inception, the organization has worked on mapping and publishing information about political opponents and has been described by critics as closely linked to the violent far-left milieu around Antifascist Action.
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Now, as Tobias Hübinette is being bought out from Karlstad University with severance pay equating to a year’s salary—totaling 648,000 SEK—SVT opts for restrained reporting. No detailed explanation of the “agreement” ending his many years of employment is given to readers and viewers, despite public service funding coming from compulsory public fees.
At the same time, the ongoing criminal case against Hübinette is omitted, even though the state broadcaster’s reporting is based on information from local newspaper NWT, where the prosecution is mentioned in several articles.
Tobias Hübinette has previously been convicted of, among other things, vandalism, sabotage, and incitement. He has also been convicted of additional crimes, including setting fire to the home of a former girlfriend and her new partner.
Instead, SVT chooses to highlight a minor incident at the university from three years ago, when citizen journalist Christian Peterson participated in one of Hübinette’s courses.
That incident is given a prominent place in their reporting, while the current legal case is pushed into the background—giving the impression that the previous conflict is the primary reason for the sudden settlement to end his employment.
Samnytt Contacts SVT
Samnytt has reached out to state reporter Maria Dahlqvist and publisher Susanne Junkala to seek clarity on their editorial reasoning and why the ongoing criminal case against Tobias Hübinette has not been included in SVT’s coverage, despite Karlstad University having previously suspended him from teaching after charges of, among other things, unlawful threats and harassment.
No detailed explanation for the “agreement” ending Hübinette’s long employment is provided to readers and viewers—despite SVT, under its public service mandate, being required to present factual and relevant coverage and offer a balanced picture of events. The operation is also funded by mandatory public service fees from the public.
The main hearing against Hübinette will be held on May 27.
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