Background
He was born in Ås, a son of Knut Olai Bjørlykke.
He was born in Ås, a son of Knut Olai Bjørlykke.
He was the father of Arne Bjørlykke. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1935, and mainly worked within mineralogy and the geology of ore. He was the director of Norsk Bergverk from 1958, director of the Norwegian Geological Survey from 1958 to 1966, and professor of geology at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1966 to his death.