Roger Pontare

Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He lives in Bjuråker in Hudiksvalls kommun.

Pontare was born in Arjeplog Municipality, and is of Sami descent. 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. In 2018, he participated in the Swedish TV-show Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on TV4.

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.

Discography

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 Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album SWE "Christmastime is Here Again" 1988 — "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 "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.