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Böglyftet is a Swedish Internet meme from 2008 featuring a topless man lifting a naked man, seemingly by the root of the penis.

Origin of the image
The image depicts two men; the first, bare chested, man lifting the second, nude, man by holding him by his shoulder and erect penis. The photograph was taken by the girlfriend of one of the men in the picture using a pink Nikon Coolpix. The photograph was later uploaded to the now defunct photography forum Bilddagboken.

Flashback forum
On 5 May 2008, a thread was created on the Swedish internet forum Flashback to discuss the story behind the photograph. The thread not only discussed the story behind the image but also spawned fan art and songs about the image, and grew to several hundred pages of discussion. The thread has since been tagged as a classic thread, one of only fourteen threads with that tag. The thread has been described as a classic and legendary thread in media.

Media attention
In September 2020, the Swedish podcast "Flashback forever" announced that they would produce a christmas calendar dedicated to Böglyftet. Over 24 episodes, the podcast conducts interviews with urologists,  psychologists,  sexologists and other experts to find out more about the photo. The physical calendar to go along with the podcast sold over 11,000 copies.

Following the media attention to the calendar, the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights posted a "böglyftsguide" on their Instagram page.