Seeds from each of six full‐sib families of Norway spruce were separated into fractions of light and heavy seeds. The mean difference in 1000 seed weight between the two lots within families was 1.6 g. The terminal bud‐set after the first growth season was assessed in a nursery test. No significant differences between the seedlings from the light and heavy seed lot fraction within full‐sib families were found. No relationships were observed between the 1000 seed weights of the lots and the mean bud‐sets of their seedlings.