Gedda
| Gedda | |
|---|---|
|  Coat of arms of the Gedda family | |
| Parent house | Possibly Gädda | 
| Current region |  Sweden | 
| Earlier spellings | Giedde | 
| Place of origin | Baahuslen, Norway (while by tradition Trondheim, Norway) | 
| Founder | Gude Axelsen Giedde (1510–1590) | 
| Distinctions | 1797: Georg Gedda was ennobled (n. 2168) by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden | 
Gedda is a Swedish noble family with Gude Axelsen Giedde (1510–1590) as earliest attested primogenitor. Georg Gedda was ennobled (n. 2168) by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden in 1797.[1]
Speculations of whether Gude Axelsen Giedde was the great-grandson of Erengisle Gädda of the Swedish noble Gädda family from Småland remain unattested. In any case, he became the asserted primogenitor of the Gedda family ennobled in 1791.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Gedda, Torsten: Släkten Gedda från Bohuslän, Strokirks Bokindustri, Skövde (1953)