Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Themptander (14 February 1844–30 January 1897) was a politician, public official, Finance Minister, Prime Minister of Sweden from 1884 to 1888 during the reign of King Oscar II, and Governor of Stockholm District from 1888 to 1896. Robert Themptander was born in Stockholm, the son of lieutenant Nils Themptander and Adolphina Laurent. After law studies in Uppsala and a highly successful career in the civil service he became in 1879 a member of the second chamber where from the start he was near the center of the loyal government, but afterward he approached the agrarian party. He Married in 1874 with Frida Dahlberg, with whom he had three children. In the government of Arvid Posse in 1880, he became minister without portfolio and, in 1881 Minister of Finance, which he was for three years before he became Prime Minister at the age of 40. Only Louis De Geer had become Prime Minister at a younger age.