Absent Elk

{{Short description|British pop rock band}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2010}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Absent Elk

| origin = United Kingdom, Norway

| genre = Pop rock

| years_active = 2008–present

| label = Sony Music

| current_members = Kjetil Mørland
Ric Wilson
James Penhallow
Ross Martin
Mike Hillman

}}

Absent Elk are a British pop rock band who formed in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.absentelk.com/|title=Band Bio|accessdate=8 March 2010|archive-date=5 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105161407/http://absentelk.com/|url-status=dead}} They have released two singles to date, and released their first album in October 2009. Their cover version of Girls Aloud's "The Loving Kind", which was posted on YouTube, became a small phenomenon and led to them being invited to support Girls Aloud on the first leg of their Out of Control Tour in spring 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4217845.Shoreham_band_Absent_Elk_to_tour_with_Girls_Aloud/|title=Shoreham band Absent Elk to tour with Girls Aloud|date=20 March 2009 |accessdate=8 March 2010}} The band's name comes from their Norwegian influence, as the band's lead vocalist, Kjetil Mørland, is from Norway, whom he represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 alongside Debrah Scarlett.