Roger Pontare

Roger Pontare at the Melodifestivalen 2017

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

När vindarna viskar mitt namn   SE 39 May 18, 2000 (3 weeks) I vargens spår   SE 9  gold 11/23/2000 (16 weeks) Från Stjärnorna till Silverland   SE 37 04/06/2006 (2 weeks)

Singles

När vindarna viskar mitt namn   SE 2  platinum 03/23/2000 (22 weeks) Silverland   SE 31 03/23/2006 (6 weeks) Heaven och hav   SE 100 03/17/2017 (1 week)

Roger Pontare (born October 17, 1951 in Slagnäs ) is a Swedish singer .

Career

In 1994 he won the Melodifestivalen with Marie Bergman with the song Stjärnorna (Eng .: the stars). At the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin , the duo reached a respectable 13th place out of 25 starters. In 2000 he won the Melodifestivalen again, this time as a solo artist, with the song När vindarna viskar mitt namn (German: “When the winds whisper my name”). The song reached number 2 on the Swedish charts . In Stockholm he performed the English version When Spirits Are Calling My Name . He reached the 7th place. At the Melodifestivalen 2017 he was eliminated in the preliminary round with the song Himmel och hav (German: sky and sea ).

Discography

Albums

• Sinatrafied (1995)
• Julens Sånger (1995)
• Som av is (1999)
• När vindarna viskar mitt namn (2000)
• When Spirits Are Calling My Name (2000)
• I vargens spår (2000)
• Den stora friheten (2002)
• Från Stjärnorna till Silverland (2006)
• Mitt vinterland (2011)

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Roger Pontare in the Swedish charts
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: SE

Web links

Commons : Roger Pontare  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roger Pontare at Discogs (English)
• Roger Pontare in the Internet Movie Database (English)