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

This biography of a living person relies on a single source. (October 2015)

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Fred Roger Pontare
Roger Pontare
Background information
Birth name	Roger Johansson
Born	(1951-10-17) 17 October 1951 (age 72) Slagnäs, Sweden
Genres	Folk pop Schlager
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1976–present

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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. In 2018, he participated in the Swedish TV-show Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on TV4.^[1]

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.

Pontare has been notable for his two arrests for drinking and driving, which left him with two months in prison in June 2023. ^{[citation needed]}