Gedda

Gedda is a Swedish family with Gude Axelsen Giedde (1510-1590) as earliest attested primogenitor. Georg Gedda was ennobled (n:o 2168) by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden in 1797.[1]

Gedda
Coat of arms of Gedda.
Parent housePossibly sv:Gäddaätten
Current region Sweden
Earlier spellingsGiedde
Place of originBohuslän, Norway; while originally Trondheim, by tradition
FounderGude Axelsen Giedde (1510-1590)
Distinctions1797 (1797): Georg Gedda was ennobled (n:o 2168) by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

Speculations of whether Gude Axelsen Giedde was the great-grandson of sv:Erengisle Gädda of the Swedish noble family Gädda from Småland, Sweden, remain unattested. In any case, he became the asserted primogenitor of the Gedda family ennobled in 1791.[2]

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Bibliography

  • Gedda, Torsten: Släkten Gedda från Bohuslän, Strokirks Bokindustri, Skövde (1953)
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