She was editor of Ny vind over Norge together with the previous Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg and others from the "right" side of Norwegian politics.

[8] Herland has appeared as a pundit on Russia Today, criticizing alleged Western hypocrisy in connection with the wars in the middle east.

[11][12][13][14] Herland obtained an MA in the history of religions at the University of Oslo in 2005, writing her master's thesis on the Kenyan Qadi court.

[15] Herland has been an active and controversial[16] public commentator and writer in Norway since the mid 2000s, voicing opposition against feminism, "globalism," and what she claims is a "liberal breaking up of traditional values.

Herland concludes: "In a country that is increasingly characterized by a deterioration of traditional values, the woman sits drunk and alone in bars at night in miniskirts – and thinks she's free.

"[23] In 2009, she criticized feminism and said it had created many harsh Norwegian women, and that she understood men who preferred Russian and Thai brides.

[25] In 2011, Herland claimed that Norway is the West's most anti-semitic country, as even the state level is involved in a gross bias against Middle Eastern opinions.

[9] In 2017 Nabintu Herland claimed in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Dagen that Russia's president Vladimir Putin is the greatest leader of our time.

As a contributor to the book Ny sjanse (English: New chance), published in 2006 by the Conservative Party with Per Kristian Foss as editor, Herland argued that the Norwegian welfare state discouraged immigrants to seek work and made many too dependent on welfare benefits.

[17] In the book, she criticized what she called "the leftist radicals" and argued that Europeans are about to commit cultural suicide.

"[63] Dagbladet commentator Inger Merete Hobbelstad criticized the extent of the media coverage of Herland and the quality of Herland's contributions to public discourse, noting that "the arguments in her op-ed articles are weak, characterized by a striking absence of documentation and examples".

[64] In 2013, Herland was editor of the political debate book Ny vind over Norge (English: New wind in Norway) which had 15 contributors including Erna Solberg, Siv Jensen, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Lars Roar Langslet, Asle Toje and Walid al-Kubaisi.

[65][66] Aftenposten editor Knut Olav Åmås called the book "Fresh new thoughts from the Right that sum up the ideological debate the past years.