Mille-Marie Treschow (3 April 1954 – 29 September 2018) was a

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landlord and businessperson. She was known for her previous marriage to

Stein Erik Hagen Stein Erik Hagen (born 22 July 1956) is a Norwegian businessman. He is chairman of Orkla, where he is a major shareholder, and holds large stakes in Steen & Strøm, Jernia and Komplett through his family company Canica. According to the news ...

, well known as "Rimi-Hagen", being the former owner of the

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chain of low-cost

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Family

Treschow was the daughter of estate owner Gerhard Aage Treschow (1923–2001) and Nanna, née Meidell (born 1926).Treschow-Fritzøe
Familien
She was named for her paralyzed aunt Marie Treschow (1913–1952). She belonged to the

Treschow family Treschow is a family originating in Denmark and with branches in Norway and Sweden. The family name means "wooden shoe-maker" and the family later counted many merchants in the 17th century and priests in the 18th century. A member of the family ...

, which was formerly noble, having bought the status of untitled lower nobility (cf.

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) in the 19th century in Denmark. She was married three times and had two children in her second marriage (1984–2000), with Andreas Stang. In 2004 she married businessman

. In 2012 they announced their separation.

Education and business

Treschow was a pupil at Croft House School in

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. She also had Norwegian

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. She received a

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, and had additional economic studies in the

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and home economics studies in

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. Based in

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, Treschow managed Treschow Fritzøe, an extensive

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consisting of properties and forest. She owned a private estate and resided at Fritzøehus Manor in

. Succeeding her father in 1986, she was of the 6th generation owning and running the family industry. Treschow had an estimated private fortune of 1.5 billion

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r (NOK) or about US$250 million. She was as such one of the wealthiest women in Norway. Her husband, Stein Erik Hagen, is worth about 10 billion NOK or about US$2 billion.

Death

Treschow died aged 64 on 29 September 2018 at

Tønsberg hospital Tønsberg Hospital ( no, Tønsberg sykehus) is a general hospital situated in Tønsberg, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. It is the main facility of Vestfold Hospital Trust, part of the Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. Tønsber ...

of an undisclosed illness."Mille-Marie Treschow er død", by Hanne Hattrem and Mikal Hem, VG.no
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Treschow, Mille-Marie Danish nobility Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian landowners People from Larvik Women business executives 1954 births 2018 deaths

Family

Education and business

Death

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