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

Hudiksvalls kommun Hudiksvall Municipality (''Hudiksvalls kommun'') is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, situated in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in the city Hudiksvall. The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the ''City of Hudiks ...

. Pontare was born in Arjeplog Municipality, and is of

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descent. He has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, in

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(duet with Marie Bergman) with " Stjärnorna" and in

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with " When Spirits Are Calling My Name", placing 13th and 7th, respectively. In 2018, he participated in the Swedish TV-show

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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

Singles

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pontare, Roger 1951 births Melodifestivalen contestants Melodifestivalen winners Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1994 Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2000 People from Arjeplog Municipality Living people 20th-century Swedish male singers Folk-pop singers Symphonic rock musicians Swedish Sámi musicians 20th-century Swedish male musicians