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Løvøya is an island in Ormefjorden in Porsgrunn municipality, Norway.
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On the island Morten Thrane Esmark found a black mineral which was sent to Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius for examination in 1828 for further analysis. Berzelius determined that it contained a new element, which he named thorium after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
References
Løvøya, Telemark Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA