The county governor of Akershus county in Norway represented the central government administration in the county. In 1917, the county governorships in Akershus and Oslo were merged, creating the new county governor of Oslo and Akershus. The three county governorships of Østfold, Oslo and Akershus, and Buskerud were merged on 1 January 2019.
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland was the last county governor of Oslo and Akershus. She started in office on 1 December 2011 and continued as county governor of Oslo og Viken from 1 January 2019.
| County governors of Akershus[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Name | Born | Died | |
| 1813 | 1815 | Poul Christian Holst (acting) | 1776 | 1863 | |
| 1815 | 1822 | Hans Hagerup Falbe | 1772 | 1830 | |
| 1822 | 1830 | Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern | 1779 | 1853 | |
| 1831 | 1837 | Niels Arntzen Sem | 1782 | 1859 | |
| 1837 | 1839 | Hans Christian Petersen | 1793 | 1862 | |
| 1840 | 1842 | Fredrik Riis | 1789 | 1845 | |
| 1842 | 1855 | Erik Røring Møinichen | 1797 | 1875 | |
| 1855 | 1858 | Christian Birch-Reichenwald | 1814 | 1891 | |
| 1859 | 1895 | Johan Christian Collett | 1817 | 1895 | |
| 1895 | 1918 | Ole Andreas Furu | 1841 | 1925 | |
| County governors of Oslo and Akershus | |||||
| 1919 | 1930 | Hroar Olsen | 1859 | 1941 | |
| 1930 | 1943 | Ingolf E. Christensen | 1872 | 1943 | |
| 1945 | 1955 | Carl Platou | 1885 | 1956 | |
| 1955 | 1963 | Trygve Lie | 1896 | 1968 | |
| 1964 | 1965 | John Lyng | 1905 | 1978 | |
| 1965 | 1979 | Petter Mørch Koren | 1910 | 2004 | |
| 1979 | 1988 | Gunnar A. Larsen | 1919 | 2003 | |
| 1988 | 1989 | Geir Engebretsen (acting) | 1952 | – | |
| 1989 | 1998 | Kåre Isaachsen Willoch | 1928 | 2021 | |
| 1998 | 2001 | Karin Moe Røisland (acting) | 1944 | – | |
| 2001 | 2001 | Arne Bardalen (acting) | – | ||
| 2001 | 2011 | Hans J. Røsjorde | 1941 | – | |
| 2011 | 2018 | Valgerd Svarstad Haugland | 1956 | – | |