The Daily Mirror says Hamburger SV are looking to strengthen their team up front due to the long-term injury of Paolo Guerrero.
Hamburger SV have also been linked with players such as Eby Smolarek, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Peter Utaka and Gerald Asamoah in recent months.
Elmander’s contract with Bolton is set to expire in the summer of 2011 and has lost his sport in the starting eleven at the Premier League side.