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Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He lives in Bjuråker in Hudiksvalls kommun.
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 Roger Pontare | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roger Johansson |
| Born | 17 October 1951 Slagnäs, Sweden |
| Genres | Folk pop Schlager |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1976–present |
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.[1]
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 |
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| 2002 | Den stora friheten | — | |
| 2006 | Från Stjärnorna till Silverland | 37 | |
| 2011 | Mitt vinterland | — | |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| SWE | |||||||||
| "Christmastime is Here Again" | 1988 | — | 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 |
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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. | |||||||||
References
- Stjärnor tävlar i nya genrer Sydsvenskan, Retrieved 20 November 2021
- "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roger Pontare.
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[es] Roger Pontare
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