  We report the results of a deep near-infrared survey with VLT/ISAAC of the
environment of the supernova remnant N49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which
contains the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 0526-66. Two of the four confirmed
SGRs are potentially associated with compact stellar clusters. We thus searched
for a similar association of SGR 0526-66, and imaged a young stellar cluster at
a projected distance of ~30 pc from the SGR. This constitutes the third
cluster-SGR link, and lends support to scenarios in which SGR progenitors
originate in young, dusty clusters. If confirmed, the cluster-SGR association
constrains the age and thus the initial mass of SGR progenitors.
