Roger Pontare
Encyclopedia
Fred Roger Pontare is a Swedish musician. 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 Jimmy Åkerlund, Viktor and Vincent Pontare.
Vingåker
Vingåker is a locality and the seat of Vingåker Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 4,362 inhabitants in 2005.It was partly built in the English garden of Säfstaholm, a large estate which up until 1855 was home to philanthropist and art collector Gustaf Trolle-Bonde...
, Södermanland County
Södermanland County
Södermanland County is a county or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea....
.
He represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
, in 1994
Eurovision Song Contest 1994
The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish...
(duet with Marie Bergman
Marie Bergman
Marie Bergman , 1950 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer. Between 1969 and 1972, she was a member in the pop group Family Four, which represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 and 1972. She started her solo career in 1974. She has during the years released 13 own-written records and 2...
) with "Stjärnorna" and in 2000
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's victory in Jerusalem the previous year. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The...
with "When Spirits Are Calling My Name", placing 13th and 7th, respectively.
Roger Pontare is father to Jimmy Åkerlund, Viktor and Vincent Pontare.
Singles
- "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" (When spirits are calling my name) (Winner of Melodifestivalen 2000Melodifestivalen 2000Melodifestivalen 2000 was the selection for the 40th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 39th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1394 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on SVT2 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network...
) - "Silverland" (Melodifestivalen 2006Melodifestivalen 2006Melodifestivalen 2006 was the selection for the 46th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 45th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Leksand, Karlstad, Karlskrona, Gothenburg...
)