Career
Herseth was a real Homo Universalis. He made his debut in 1918 in the Opera Comique in Oslo. In 1921 he moved to Vienna.
There as correspondent of the newspaper Abendpost he did interviews of personalities like Josephine Baker.
From 1924 till 1928 he was part of the Wiener Volksoper. Besides all this Herseth was a First lieutenant by the Norwegian Airforce.
In this role he was in active duty during World World War II by the Norwegian troops in Sweden.