"In the northern US and Canada, Norway spruce is reported as invasive in some locations"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_abies
In my part of Northern Europe, spruce seems to thrive on relatively humid ground. Like, you have moss on the ground and it usually remains a bit too wet to sit on comfortably. More dry areas get dominated by pine.
Edit:
in Europe it seems to grow naturally in areas that get covered with snow in winter: the north excluding places under direct Atlantic influence, and in mountainous areas.