Gust Landin makes a cameo in Herbert Widell's autobiographical chapbook Värmland in West Duluth, compiled by Richard Hudelson based on interviews with Widell.

Gust Landin was another good friend of my parents. He was older than they were. He was a photographer. His shop was on Nineteenth Avenue West between Superior and First Street in Duluth's Scandinavian West End. Much of his business came from new immigrants. Newcomers would want a photograph to send to the folks back home. Photography shops would have suits for men to wear so they would look successful. Landin served as something of a go-between, connecting newcomers to the Swedish-American community in Duluth. He was active in Svithiod Lodge. He was also something of a radical. He thought workingmen were being unjustly treated. He was outspoken in his views. My father, a businessman, laughed at Landin about his radical views, but they remained good friends. When I was a boy, I sometimes went with Gust Landin to his cabin on Whiteface River. These were good times. I liked him. Once he said to me, "Herb, all you need is a wife, a watch, and a suit and you will be rich." His son, Milton Landin, who was older than I was, used to tease me with a little rhyme: "Andrew Widell, Tremont Hotel, tre år, vit hår." ("Andrew Widell, Tremont Hotel, three years old and white hair.") Landin's photography shop went out of business during the depression. For awhile after that he had a restaurant at Fortieth Avenue West.