Nigardsbreen lies about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the village of Gaupne in the Jostedalen valley in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.

In front of the Nigardsbreen is the lake Nigardsbrevatnet where there is a small boat to transport visitors to the glacier.

In July 1986 two people, a Danish woman and her 8-year-old daughter, died when hit by chunks of ice that fell from the glacier.

In 2014 a German couple died as a result of being crushed by ice; their children standing close by survived physically unharmed.

[5][6][7] In August 2018 an Austrian man drowned when a wave caused by a huge block of ice swept him into the glacial river.