A public family squabble has emerged over control of the company that owns a majority stake in Norwegian maritime conglomerate Wilh Wilhelmsen Holding.

Several Wilhelmsen family members have hired Nordic investment bank Carnegie to advise on how to "simplify and modernise" the ownership structure of holding company Tallyman, according to several Norwegian news publications.

Cathrine Lovenskiold Wilhelmsen, who resigned from the Wilh Wilhelmsen board of directors on Friday, claimed that 60% of the shareholders in the family holding company are behind the effort, according to DN.