It would likely be something very similar, since the Nazi salute was based on the imagined 'Roman salute' and was quite common as a symbol of shared commitment, at least in art, in the 18th & 19th centuries. For example, there's the painting of the 'Tennis Court Oath' taken by the Third Estate of the French Estates-General, one of the moments leading up to the French Revolution. In Napoleon's time, there's the painting of the army taking an oath to the emperor on the field of Mars (Serment de l'armée fait à l'empereur après la distribution des aigles au champ de Mars, 5 décembre 1804). Both of these show salutes similar to what was later used by the Nazis. OTL, similar salutes were in fact used in France (see the 'Elsewhere' section of the 'Roman salute' article).
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MS Stockholm (1941) - Wikipedia
The MS Stockholm (1941) had no likelihood of being commercially viable for its intended service.
However, if the MS Stockholm (1938) were completed as intended in March 1939, it would have a brief transatlantic career before and early (1939-1940) in WW2. Afterwards, it would be dedicated to cruising or internment in New York until seizure, charter or purchase by the US as a badly needed troopship since the MS Stockholm (1938) and MS Kungsholm would be the more capable Swedish-American line ocean liners for troopship purposes compared to M/S Drottingholm and M/S Gripsholm. After WW2, the MS Stockholm (1938), assuming it stayed afloat and seaworthy as of now and implying its survival in WW2 and after a collision with SS Andrea Doria or an equivalent collision with another ship, would have a career similar to its otl replacement and namesake of 1948.