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Roger Pontare
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Quick Facts
| Intro | Swedish pop musician (b.1951) | ||
| Is | Singer | ||
| From | Sweden | ||
| Field | Music | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 17 October 1951, Örnsköldsvik, Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden | ||
| Age | 72 years | ||
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The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He currently lives in Vingåker, Södermanland County.
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. Roger Pontare is father to Viktor and Vincent Pontare.
Other male singers of Sami descent include Niko Valkeapää from Finland, Ánde Somby from Norway, and Friðrik Ómar from Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Non-album single | ||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
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