Juliane Marie Jessen

Juliane Marie Jessen (11 February 1760 – 6 October 1832) was an early Danish female author and translator who made a name for herself in 1819 by winning first prize for the words she wrote for a national anthem for Denmark with her Dannemark! Dannemark! – hellige Lyd! (Denmark, Denmark - holy sound), although it was never officially adopted.[1] She also published other works including poetry and, in 1815, the play Ei blot til Lyst.[2][3]

Portrait of Juliane Marie Jessen by Constantin Hansen, ca. 1830

Jessen was taught the art of poetry by her uncle, Christian Frederik Jacobi. From 1787, she spent three years as a reader for Queen Juliana Maria until she suffered from ill health. Thereafter she educated young girls. Her most notable literary works are the play Ei blot til Lyst (1815) and the anthology Smaae Mark-Violer plantede i Danmarks Digterhauge (1819).[3]

She lived in Smallegade in Copenhagen where she had several famous artists as neighbours. On her death in 1832 in Copenhagen, she was hailed as a noble, affectionate woman with "a powerful soul and cheerfully bright disposition".[2]

References
  1. Erichsen, Jørgen Poul (1976). "Den kronede danske nationalsang fra 1819 og hvad deraf fulgte en litterær pennefejde med et musikalsk efterspil" (in Danish). Fund og Forskning, Bind 22. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. "Juliane Marie Jessen (1760 - 1832)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. Topsøe-Jensen, H. "Juliane Marie Jessen" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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