Björn Jerdén heads the new national knowledge center on China at the Foreign Policy Institute (UI).
In addition to Jerdén, there are also several EU parliamentarians and several EU institutions on China's sanctions list - but no other Swedes.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the people and organizations affected by the sanctions will be banned from entering mainland China and Hong Kong and Macao.
Affiliated companies and institutions also face restrictions in their communication with China.
Do not comment
China's message comes in response to speeches from EU sanctions.
These sanctions are carried out against persons who are considered to have committed human rights abuses.
Those who end up on the EU list are banned from entering the Union and their possible assets in the member states are frozen.
The EU has put eleven new people on its list, including four Chinese who are linked to abuses against Uighurs in the Xinjiang region.
The list already included four Russian officials, due to the assassination attempt against the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
UI's press service announces that the institute is not currently commenting on the matter.
Linde: Totally unacceptable
China's response to EU sanctions is rejected by Foreign Minister Ann Linde (S).
- It is of course completely unacceptable and we will of course directly discuss with the Chinese Embassy in Stockholm what the basis is for the Swedish citizen being listed, Linde says after the Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels.
While EU sanctions can be linked to direct action taken by the people on the list, Linde believes that China has acted much more arbitrarily.
- We do not have sanctions to punish but to change a behavior.
If you violate human rights, we want you to stop doing that.
As the Chinese list looks, it just seems to be a general sweep of everyone who they think has generally spoken, says Linde.