Gedda

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]

Gedda
Coat of arms of the Gedda family
Parent house	Possibly Gädda [sv]
Current region	Sweden
Earlier spellings	Giedde
Place of origin	Baahuslen, Norway (while by tradition Trondheim, Norway)
Founder	Gude Axelsen Giedde (1510–1590)
Distinctions	1797 (1797): Georg Gedda was ennobled (n. 2168) by King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

Speculations of whether Gude Axelsen Giedde was the great-grandson of Erengisle Gädda [sv] of the Swedish noble Gädda [sv] family from Småland remain unattested. In any case, he became the asserted primogenitor of the Gedda family ennobled in 1791.^[1]