Lisbeth L. Petersen

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Lisbeth Beate Lindenskov Petersen (born February 28, 1939 in Tórshavn , Faroe Islands , mostly Lisbeth L. Petersen ) is a former Faroese Unionist politician ( Sambandsflokkurin ).

She became known as the first female member of her party in Løgting (1990–2008), first woman in the mayor's office of Tórshavn (1992–1996), first female leader of the Unionists (2001–2004) and as the first Faroese in the Folketing (2001–2005 ).

In 2014, the former leader of the Sambandsflokkurin resigned from her party.

Life

origin

Lisbeth is the daughter of Rachel, b. Fonsdal from Vestmanna and Georg Lindenskov Samuelsen (1910–1997) from Tórshavn, who was the editor and editor-in-chief of the daily Dimmalætting for around 50 years . Her grandfather Andrass Samuelsen (1873–1954) was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands. Accordingly, she grew up in a political house. She was married to Jákup Petersen († 2001) from Signabøur . Together they had the children Elsa (* 1961) and Georg (* 1967).

education

After graduating from secondary school in 1955, Lisbeth Samuelsen moved to Denmark, where she was accepted at Bagsværd Kostskole og Gymnasium , which only started taking girls in during World War II.

Here she graduated from high school in 1958 and then - like her father - wanted to become a journalist. Her father strongly advised her against it, as that world is too hard for women. Instead, she became a saleswoman in a textile store.

In 1959 she began training at the commercial college while at the same time working as an office assistant at SAS . She did not finish her training, as she met her future husband at home in the Faroe Islands. After only a year in Copenhagen, she went back to the Faroe Islands.

Housewife and sailor's wife

In 1960 the two married, and suddenly Lisbeth Petersen was a housewife and seaman's wife. Jákup Petersen was an engineer in the Danish merchant fleet and was often away from home for more than a year at a time.

Like many Faroese women, she was forced to look after the house and children alone. The women in the Faroe Islands had a lot of responsibility but hardly any influence, and this fact politicized Lisbeth Petersen. When she became a member of the Uniomist Party ( Sambandsflokkurin ), which was loyal to the Danish market , there were no women in Løgting , the parliament of the Faroe Islands.

Lisbeth Petersen was involved in the women's association in Tórshavn, and in the 1970s there was serious discussion in Faroese society about equal rights for women. It also became more common for women to work outside of the household. 1977–79 and 1989–92 she worked as a secretary in the National Museum of the Faroe Islands .

The political progress for women came with the Kvinnuting ("Women's Parliament ") 1979–1983, where they learned independently to deal with selected topics along the lines of the Løgting. Lisbeth Petersen was active there.

Mayoress

In 1984 Lisbeth Petersen ran for the first time for the Tórshavn Municipality Council , to which she was also elected. She was the first woman of the unionists to be elected by the people. Soon she was offered the office of mayor, but first of all she wanted to become vice mayor and chairwoman of the social committee. In 1988 she was re-elected and retained these functions. In connection with the social committee, she had a lot of contact with the citizens of the city.

After the 1992 election, the pressure from her - especially female - supporters was so strong that she accepted the mayor's office and became the first woman to head the Faroese capital. That was the time of the great economic crisis, and another woman, Marita Petersen , became the country's head of government.

These women gained great confidence in the population, and in 1996 this was demonstrated for Lisbeth Petersen in a triumphant election victory in which the Unionists went from the smallest to the largest party in Tórshavn city council. And yet they formed the new city council without preferring their own person or party, but rather through representatives of other parties in the leading positions. Until 2000 she sat as a simple member of the city council.

State politician

In 1990 Lisbeth Petersen was elected to Løgting for the first time, and was re-elected in 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2004. After the Unionists won the election in 1994, she became a central figure in Faroese national politics.

She was a member of the Løgtingspräsidium and as a member (1992–2000) and chairwoman (1993/94 and 1996/97) of the Parliamentary Council on West Nordic Cooperation (later West Nordic Council ) she took care of relations with the neighboring countries Iceland and Greenland .

In 2001 Lisbeth Petersen competed successfully against Edmund Joensen in the election as chairman of the Sambandsflokkurin and took over the party chairmanship. In the same year she became the first woman to be one of the two representatives of the Faroe Islands in the Danish Folketing . Three years later, however, the Sambandsflokkurin did not do as expected in the 2004 Løgtings election and the disappointing result was blamed on her leadership style. She then drew the consequences and resigned from the party leadership. In the following year 2005 she resigned as a member of the Folketing and on International Women's Day , March 8, 2007, Lisbeth Petersen announced her final departure from politics. She did not run again for the Løgtings election in 2008 and resigned from parliament after 18 years as a Løgtings MP in early 2008. At that time there were only three women in Løgting, the other two were Annita á Fríðriksmørk and Heidi Petersen .

Resignation

In 2014, the former leader of the Sambandsflokkurin resigned from her party. She justified this step primarily with the role of her party in the "tollmálið" tariff scandal surrounding the Fólkaflokkurin's party chairman and then finance minister Jørgen Niclasen .

Others

Lisbeth Petersen has been a Knight of the Dannebrog since 1995 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ - Fólkið einki álit longur , in.fo, May 28, 2014
  2. ↑ Karin Kjølbro: - Vit fingu blómur og spark , kvf.fo, June 5, 2015 (In Faroese)
  3. ↑ Persónsstríð eyðkent fleiri oddafólk Sambandsins , in.fo, June 27, 2015
  4. ↑ - Fólkið einki álit longur , in.fo, May 28, 2014
predecessor Office successor
Edmund Joensen Chairwoman of the Unionists ( Sambandsflokkurin )
2001 - 2004 		Kaj Leo Johannesen
personal data
SURNAME Petersen, Lisbeth L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petersen, Lisbeth Beate Lindenskov
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese politician (unionist), member of the Folketing
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Tórshavn , Faroe Islands