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Fred Roger Pontare | |
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 Roger Pontare | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Roger Johansson (1951-10-17)17 October 1951 (age 74) Slagnäs, Sweden |
| Genres | Folk pop Schlager |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Fred Roger Pontare (bornRoger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He lives inBjuråker inHudiksvalls kommun.
Pontare was born inArjeplog Municipality, and is ofSami descent. He has represented Sweden twice in theEurovision Song Contest, in1994 (duet withMarie Bergman) with "Stjärnorna" and in2000 with "When Spirits Are Calling My Name", placing 13th and 7th, respectively. In 2018, he participated in the Swedish TV-showStjärnornas stjärna broadcast onTV4.[1]
Roger Pontare is father to Viktor andVincent Pontare. The latter is well known singer songwriter with the mononym Vincent and as Vargas as part of the duoVargas & Lagola.
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certification |
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| 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 |
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| 2002 | Den stora friheten | — | |
| 2006 | Från Stjärnorna till Silverland | 37 | |
| 2011 | Mitt vinterland | — |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| "Christmastime is Here Again" | 1988 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "Silverbarn" | 1990 | — | |||||||
| "Stjärnorna" (withMarie Bergman) | 1994 | — | |||||||
| "Som av Is" | 1999 | — | Som av Is | ||||||
| "Cold as Ice" | — | ||||||||
| "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" | 2000 | 2 |
| 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 [2] | Non-album single | ||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest (withMarie Bergman) 1994 | Succeeded by |
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