Provided by the utility model is an equivalent load device for a multi-valve type testing of a direct current converter valve. The improvement of the equivalent load device is characterized in that the equivalent load device (4) comprises a resistor R, a resistor R1, a resistor RL, a capacitor C1, a lightning arrester 3 and an inducer L1; the resistor R1, the capacitor C1, and the inducer L1 are successively connected in series for form an R1-C1-L1 branch circuit; the resistor R and the resistor R1 are connected in series successively form an R-RL branch circuit; the resistor R is connected in parallel with the resistor R1 and the capacitor C1; the resistor RL and the inducer L1 are connected in parallel; and the lightning arrester 3, the R-RL branch circuit, and the R1-C1-L1 branch circuit are successively connected in parallel. Compared with the prior art, the provided device has the following beneficial effects: requirements of direct current voltage withstanding, switching impulse, lightning impulse and steep wave impulse tests can be met; the device has the simple loop structure with comprehensive functions; the topological structure is novel and practical and the device has the high reliability; and equivalent load requirements of multi-valve type testing of direct current converter valves in different schemes of normally high-voltage, ultrahigh-voltage, and extra-high voltage direct-current transmission engineering and the like can be met.