Harald Bjørlykke

He was born in Ås in Akershus, Norway. He was a son of Knut Olai Bjørlykke (1860–1946), who was a professor of geology at Ås. [1] He was the father of geologist Arne Bjørlykke.[2]

He took the dr.philos. degree from the University of Oslo in 1935. From 1937 to 1946 he was a lecturer in mineralogy and crystallography at Norwegian Institute of Technology. He was a state geologist at the Geological Survey of Norway 1946–1951. He became head of Norsk Bergverk in 1952 and was chief geologist at Søve mines in Ulefoss. In 1958, he became director of the Norwegian Geological Survey. He was professor of geology at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1966.[1]

Bjørlykke received the Reusch Medal (Reusch-Medaljen) from the Norwegian Geological Society in 1939. He died during 1968 at Trondheim. [3]