JUEL, Teckla

Teckla Violanta Juel née Suenssen (1834–1904) was a Danish writer and composer. Brought up by a mother interested in literature, like her sisters Alfhilda Mechlenburg and Fanny Suenssen, she contributed articles to women's magazines and published novels and short stories. Furthermore, using the name Teckla, she published a number of songs for which she had composed the music.

At the age of 16, she anonymously published the composition Fiskerpigens Klagesang , which was popular at the time and was published in three editions. Later, several similar songs appeared: Vemod ( 1851 ), Længsel ( 1856 ), and Amors Rekrut ( 1858 ). The high point of her lyrical production came with the two great narrative poems Ivan Mikkel ( 1860 ) and Den sorte Ravn ( 1861 ); the latter was published under the pseudonym Johan Fedder and was published by Frederik Barfod .