She was a gifted child, writing a Latin speech upon the anointment of Christian V of Denmark, which was printed in 1671.
During her first arranged marriage, she was forced to spend all her time to the household and family economy because of the health of her spouse.
Bredal spoke in favor of education for women and claimed that all women would be able to raise above their present intellect if they were but given education, and presented Anna Maria van Schurman and Birgitte Thott as role models.
[2] 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.