Roger Pontare
Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He lives in Bjuråker in Hudiksvalls kommun. He has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1994 (duet with Marie Bergman) with "Stjärnorna" and in 2000 with "When Spirits Are Calling My Name", placing 13th and 7th, respectively.
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Roger Pontare

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- Name
- Fred Roger Pontare
- Birth Name
- Roger Johansson
- Born
- 17 October 1951
- Birthplace
- Slagnäs, Sweden
- Occupation
- Singer
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Fields
- folk rock, schlager and folk-pop.
- Languages
- Swedish.
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In 2018, he participated in the Swedish TV-show Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on TV4.
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Roger Pontare vid en Taxi Stockholm-bil dagen före finalen i Eurovision Song Contest 2000, Stockholm Gloge Arena, Stockholm 12 maj 2000.
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Key facts
• Name — Fred Roger Pontare • Birth Name — Roger Johansson • Born — 17 October 1951 • Birthplace — Slagnäs, Sweden • Genre — Folk pop Schlager • Occupation — Singer • Years Active — 1976–present
Personal life
Personal life
Roger Pontare is father to Viktor and Vincent Pontare. The latter is well known singer songwriter with the mononym Vincent and as Vargas as part of the duo Vargas & Lagola.
Albums
Albums
• Year — Album — Chart positions — Certification • SWE • 1995 — Sinatrafied — — • 1995 — Julens sånger — — • 1999 — Som av Is — — • 2000 — När vindarna viskar mitt namn — 39 • 2000 — When Spirits Are Calling My Name — — • 2000 — I vargens spår — 9 — * GLF: Gold • 2002 — Den stora friheten — — • 2006 — Från Stjärnorna till Silverland — 37 • 2011 — Mitt vinterland — —
Singles
Singles
• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • SWE • "Christmastime is Here Again" — 1988 — — — rowspan=3 Non-album singles • "Silverbarn" — 1990 — — • "Stjärnorna" (with Marie Bergman) — 1994 — — • "Som av Is" — 1999 — — — Som av Is • "Cold as Ice" — — • "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" — 2000 — 2 — * GLF: Platinum — När vindarna viskar mitt namn • "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" — — — When Spirits Are Calling My Name • "Silverland" — 2006 — 31 — Från Stjärnorna till Silverland • "Himmel och hav" — 2017 — 100 — Non-album single • "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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