Konrad Salbu lived in Bergen for almost his entire life, but spent some years in Stavanger as a manager of a company. In 1935, Konrad Salbu won Norwegian Blitz Chess Championship. In 1937, in Trondheim he won silver medal in Norwegian Chess Championship (tournament won Arne Kroghdahl). Konrad Salbu was in the Norwegian national team at the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm, where he played 15 games (+6, =3, -6).