Roger Pontare

Fred Roger Pontare
Roger Pontare
Background information
Birth nameRoger Johansson
Born (1951-10-17) 17 October 1951 (age 73)
Slagnäs, Sweden
GenresFolk pop
Schlager
OccupationSinger
Years active1976–present

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.[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.

Pontare has been notable for his two arrests for drinking and driving, which left him with two months in prison in June 2023. [citation needed]

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 — 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
[2] 		Non-album single
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ Stjärnor tävlar i nya genrer Sydsvenskan, Retrieved 20 November 2021
  2. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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Preceded by Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
(with Marie Bergman)
1994 		Succeeded by