title: List of governors of Västra Götaland County
text: # List of governors of Västra Götaland County
  
  The office of Governor of Västra Götaland County was created in 1998, where the counties Älvsborg County, Gothenburg and Bohus County and Skaraborg County merged.
  
  ## List of officeholders
  
  | No. | Portrait | Governor (Born–Died) | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Political party | Served for Cabinet |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Portrait | Governor (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Political party | Served for Cabinet |
  | 1 | | Göte Bernhardsson (1942–2019) | 1 January 1998 (1998-01-01) | 28 December 2007 (2007-12-28) | 9 years, 361 days | Social Democrats | Persson (1998 – 2006) Reinfeldt (2006 – 2007) |
  | 2 | | Lars Bäckström (born 1953) | 21 January 2008 (2008-01-21) | 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20) | 8 years, 365 days | Left | Reinfeldt (2008 – 2014) Löfven I (2014 – 2017) |
  | – | | Lisbeth Schultze (born 1960) Acting | 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20) | 18 September 2017 (2017-09-18) | 241 days | Independent | Löfven I |
  | 3 | | Anders Danielsson (born 1953) | 18 September 2017 (2017-09-18) | 30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) | 4 years, 73 days | Independent | Löfven I (2017 – 2019) Löfven II (2019 – 2021) |
  | – | | Lisbeth Schultze (born 1960) Acting | 1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) | 31 August 2022 (2022-08-31)) | 273 days | Independent | Löfven III (2021 – 2021) Andersson (2021 – 2022) |
  | 4 | | Sten Tolgfors (born 1966) | 1 September 2022 (2022-09-01) | Incumbent | 329 days | Moderate | Andersson (since 2022) |
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ The governor is often appointed for a six-year mandate. It can be extended if the person has not reached retirement age.
  