Treschow is a Norwegian family descended from Just Hermansen Treschow, a merchant in

Moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...

. This family is not known to be related to a different Treschow family in Norway. Its most famous member was philosopher and politician

Niels Treschow Niels Nicolas Treschow (5 September 1751 – 22 September 1833) was a Norwegian philosopher, educator and politician. Biography Treschow was born in Strømsø, now part of Drammen in Buskerud. He was the son of Peter Treschow (1718-1773) w ...

(1751–1833), the grandson of Just Hermansen Treschow and son of merchant Peter Treschow (1718–73). Halfdan Olaus Christophersen, Niels Treschow, 1751-1833: en tenker mellom to tidsaldrer, 1977

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Norwegian families