Marita Petersen

Marita Petersen (Faroese pronunciation: [ˌmɛaɹɪta ˈpʰeːʰtɛɹsɛn]) (née Johansen (Faroese pronunciation: [ˌjoˈhanːsɛn]); 21 October 1940 – 26 August 2001) was the first and to date only female Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands and the first female speaker of the Løgting (Parliament).

[1] She was elected to the Løgting in 1988 for Javnaðarflokkurin (The Social Democratic Party).

[2] In January 1993, she was elected to the post of prime minister, which she held until September 1994.

She was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands in a very difficult time with economic crisis.

She worked as a teacher in Copenhagen and Esbjerg from 1964 to 1967, in Tórshavnar kommunuskúli (one of the public schools in Tórshavn) from 1967 to 1989.