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
Arjeplog Municipality (Swedish: ''Arjeplogs kommun'', sme, Arjepluovvi gielda; sje, Árjepluove komuvdna) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arjeplog.
The area, which now is Arjeplog Municipality, ...
, and is of
Sami
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* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
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descent. He has represented Sweden twice in the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
, in
1994
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(duet with
) with "
Stjärnorna" and in
2000
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with "
When Spirits Are Calling My Name
The song "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" (original Swedish title "När vindarna viskar mitt namn", literally translated as "When the Winds Whisper My Name") was performed by Roger Pontare in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest 2000, in representa ...
", placing 13th and 7th, respectively. In 2018, he participated in the Swedish TV-show
Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on
TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to:
*TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station
*TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network
**TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station
*South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st ...
.
Stjärnor tävlar i nya genrer
Sydsvenskan, Retrieved 20 November 2021
Personal life
Roger Pontare is father to Viktor and Vincent Pontare
Fred Vincent Pontare (born 13 May 1980) is a Swedish songwriter, producer, and singer. He is also known by the mononym Vincent. He regularly collaborates with Salem Al Fakir as songwriting, producer, and duo Vargas & Lagola. Together, they have ...
. 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
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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