Aagot Benterud (née Garnaas; 1901–1975) was a Norwegian literary historian and literary critic.^[1] She was born in Tønsberg, Norway. Benterud published Henrik Wergelands religiøse utvikling ('Henrik Wergeland's religious development', 1943), Camilla Collett. En skjebne og et livsverk ('Camilla Collett. A destiny and a life's work', 1947), and Kvinnenes kamp for menneskerettighetene ('Women's fight for human rights', 1954).

She was a member of the working committee that led to the founding of the Norwegian Church Academies [no] in 1956, an ecumenical movement intended to foster dialog between different faith and cultural backgrounds.^[2][3] Benterud was a literary critic for the newspaper Vårt Land.^[4]

She died in Tønsberg in 1975.^[1]