STOCKHOLM — Swedish authorities have indicted a man who they said presented himself as sympathetic to Tibetan independence but may have been spying on Tibetan refugees for the Chinese government.

The man, identified as Dorjee Gyantsan, 49, in the indictment submitted on Wednesday, attended meetings about Tibetan independence and reported for the Voice of Tibet radio station on a visit to Norway by the Dalai Lama.

But Mr. Gyantsan, who is apparently from Tibet and lived in a suburb of Stockholm, was indicted of suspicion of gathering details about the living situations, family relationships, trips and meetings of Tibetan refugees and dissidents, the indictment said, to pass on to Chinese officials he would meet in Poland and Finland.

Mr. Gyantsan’s lawyer, Mikael Soderberg, said his client denied the accusations.

Many Tibetans have complained about repressive conditions under China, which has ruled Tibet since 1950. Tibetans are barred from publicly worshiping the Dalai Lama, a Buddhist spiritual leader, and say that their language and culture have been suppressed. After widespread protests by Tibetans in 2008, China imposed a security clampdown.