Frälsnings Armén

Here is an oddity: The Central Citadel of the Salvation Army inhabits a building on 52nd Street bearing a distinctively Swedish inscription. Tillbedjen Herren i helig skrud translates as "Worship the Lord in holy garb" and is a verse from the 29th Psalm. (Note the use of the archaic -en imperative.) Frälsnings Armén is, of course, the Salvation Army -- att frälsa is "to save."

How this building -- which looks to have been built in the 1940's -- came to have a Swedish name and motto is an interesting question. I suppose that this book would have some answers.