Anne Margrethe Bredal

Anne Margrethe Bredal (1655–1729), was a Danish scholar and feminist writer.

Biography She was the daughter of the vicar Jens Pedersen Bredal, a vicar, and Marie Holgersdatter. She was a gifted child, writing a Latin speech upon the anointment of Christian V of Denmark, which was printed in 1671.

Bredal was mentioned in contemporary dictionaries of female scholars by among others Albert Thura and Frederik Christian Schønau. Two of Bredal's letters written in Latin have been preserved at the Royal Library in Denmark. The second, written in 1703, was autobiographical.