Roger Pontare

Fred Roger Pontare
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

Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951, Arjeplog Municipality, Sweden) is a Swedish musician.^[1] He currently lives in Vingåker, Södermanland County.

He 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. Roger Pontare is father to Viktor and Vincent Pontare.

He is one of the male singers of Sami or either Northern Emispherial descent, after Niko Valkeapää from  Finland, Ánde Somby from  Norway, and Friðrik Ómar from  Iceland, Faroe Islands,  Greenland and  Denmark.

Discography

Albums

• 1995: Sinatrafied
• 1995: Julens sånger
• 1999: Som av Is
• 2000: När vindarna viskar mitt namn
• 2000: When Spirits Are Calling My Name
• 2000: I vargens spår
• 2002: Den stora friheten
• 2006: Från Stjärnorna till Silverland
• 2011: Mitt vinterland

Singles

• 1988: Christmastime is Here Again
• 1990 Silverbarn
• 1994: "Stjärnorna" (Roger Pontare & Marie Bergman) (13th in Eurovision Song Contest 1994)
• 1999: Som av Is
• 1999: Cold as Ice
• 2000: När vindarna viskar mitt namn
• 2000: When Spirits Are Calling My Name
• 2006 "Silverland" (Melodifestivalen 2006)

References

1. Discogs: Roger Pontare, accessed 2010-06-20

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