Lisbeth Beate Lindenskov Petersen (28 February 1939 – 7 August 2024) was a Faroese politician in the Union Party.
Her father advised her against pursuing a career in journalism, and she started as a sales assistant in a dry good store.
[3] Over the next ten years, she alternated between being a housewife and working part-time at law offices in Tórshavn while her husband was abroad.
She was the first-ever elected female representative for the Union Party, and during the post-election negotiations she was offered the position of mayor.
During her first term she was mostly engaged in transport, justice, social, and health issues, and she later sat on the Faroese Parliament's financial committee.
In 2014 she resigned from the Union Party in protest against the political orientation of Kaj Leo Johannesen's government.