Roger Pontare

Swedish musician (born 1951)

Fred Roger Pontare
Roger Pontare
Background information
Birth name	Roger Johansson
Born	(1951-10-17) 17 October 1951 (age 72) Slagnäs, Sweden
Genres	Folk pop Schlager
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1976–present

Musical artist

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
Year	Album	SWE	Certification
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
Title	Year	SWE	Certifications	Album
"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"	1999	—		Som av Is
"När vindarna viskar mitt namn"	2000	2	GLF: Platinum	När vindarna viskar mitt namn
"When Spirits Are Calling My Name"	2000	—		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

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Preceded by Charlotte Nilsson with "Take Me to Your Heaven"	Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000	Succeeded by Friends with "Listen To Your Heartbeat"
Preceded by Arvingarna with "Eloise"	Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest (with Marie Bergman) 1994	Succeeded by Jan Johansen with "Se på mej"

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Melodifestivalen

Participation

Artists

Songs

"Absent Friend"
"Alla andra får varann"
"April, april"
"Augustin"
"Bara hon älskar mig"
"Beatles"
"Boogaloo"
"Bra vibrationer"
"Dag efter dag"
"Dance You Off"
"Det blir alltid värre framåt natten"
"Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig"
"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
"E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?"
"Eloise"
"En dag"
"En gång i Stockholm"
"Euphoria"
"Fångad av en stormvind"
"Fångad i en dröm"
"Främling"
"Give Me Your Love"
"Härliga sommardag"
"Hero"
"Heroes"
"Hold Me Closer"
"I Can't Go On"
"I morgon är en annan dag"
"If I Were Sorry"
"Invincible"
"It Hurts"
"Jennie, Jennie"
"Judy, min vän"
"Just nu!"
"Kärleken är"
"Las Vegas"
"Lilla stjärna"
"Listen to Your Heartbeat"
~~"Move"~~
"Never Let It Go"
"Nygammal vals"
"Popular"
"Satellit"
"Se på mej"
"Sol och vår"
"Som en dröm"
"Som en vind"
"Stad i ljus"
"Stjärnorna"
"Take Me to Your Heaven"
"Tattoo"
"This Is My Life"
"Too Late for Love"
"Undo"
"Unforgettable"
"Den vilda"
"Vita vidder"
"Voices"
"La Voix"
"Waterloo"
"When Spirits Are Calling My Name"
"The Worrying Kind"
"You"
"You're Summer"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Sweden did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Countries	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Artists	Alejandro Abad Willeke Alberti Alma and Dejan Elisabeth Andreasson and Jan Werner Danielsen Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare Kostas Bigalis and the Sea Lovers Dan Bittman CatCat Tony Cetinski Duilio Martin Ďurinda and Tublatanka Evridiki Friderika Petra Frey Edyta Górniak Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan Mekado Nina Morato Frances Ruffelle Sara Sigga Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna Silvi Vrait Ovidijus Vyšniauskas Youddiph
Songs	"Bye Bye Baby" "Chamar a música" "Dincolo de nori" "Duett" "Ella no es ella" "Für den Frieden der Welt" "Ime anthropos ki ego" "Je suis un vrai garçon" "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" "Lopšinė mylimai" "More than Love" "Nætur" "Nagu merelaine" "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" "Nekonečná pieseň" "Ostani kraj mene" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Stjärnorna" "Sto pregando" "To nie ja!" "To trehandiri (Diri Diri)" "Vechny strannik" "Waar is de zon" "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" "Wir geben 'ne Party"

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Countries	Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alsou Nina Åström August and Telma Pınar Ayhan and the SOS Jane Bogaert Brainstorm Charmed Nicki French Ines Goran Karan Sofia Mestari Olsen Brothers Claudette Pace PingPong Roger Pontare Stefan Raab The Rounder Girls Nathalie Sorce Taxi Eamonn Toal Voice Linda Wagenmakers XXL Serafín Zubiri
Songs	"100% te ljubam" "All to You" "Colgado de un sueño" "Desire" "Don't Play That Song Again" "Envie de vivre" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "Kad zaspu anđeli" "A Little Bit" "Millennium of Love" "The Moon" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Star" "No Goodbyes" "Nomiza" "On aura le ciel" "Once in a Lifetime" "Sameach" "Solo" "Tell Me!" "La vita cos'è?" "Wadde hadde dudde da?" "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Yorgunum Anla"