I always believed so too.

Yes, they're great... Been listen to them for years now. Also check out Solar Fields if no one else has mentioned them in this thread.

I just posted this in the "What are you listening to?" thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ff0faBzJxQ

Aphex Twin and other projects by Richard D James are very good, but not all of it is ambient. In fact, most of it isn't. The Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Volumes 1 & 2 are defintely worth listening too. The first volume is much more beat based though.

Boards of Canada, Tycho, Tipper, Autechre (some albums), Bola, etc are all also very good.

Boards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68PeQdBSME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuOl2...eature=related

Tycho:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5tP96VCV8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOgf-YP5W2M

Tipper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89eDt...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENe14...eature=related

Autechre:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Cxr4nXQIs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wraDrKHP0tE
-Autechre is spotty for me, some albums I love, some I just think, "wtf?"

Bola (highly recommend the "Soup" album):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKdufZcx3W8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbtfx0h4pnc

There's tons more, but that's a good sampling to start http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif

Wannabes! It's a nordic country but not really a scandinavian country. Read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia