Double coat of medium length with thick, soft, and downy undercoat and close lying guard hairs. Tawny, with black, dark tawny, and buff markings as defined by the standard. Thick, wooly undercoat. Any color allowed, except albino. Short, soft and dense undercoat and longer, more harsh and straight outer coat and ruff around the neck.
Color is pure white, cream, or white with biscuit.
The undercoat is soft and dense. The guard hairs of the outer coat are straight and somewhat smooth lying. In the US and UK, Elkhound refers to the Grey Norwegian Elkhound. Shades of grey with black tips. Shades of grey with light or white markings, common.