Roger Pontare

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

Fred Roger Pontare
Roger Pontare
Background information
Birth name	Roger Johansson
Born	(1951-10-17) 17 October 1951 (age 73) Slagnäs, Sweden
Genres	Folk pop Schlager
Occupation	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	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.