Method for controlling a woodburning stove and an electronic control (38) for a woodburning stove (2) of the type including a combustion chamber (6) which is downwards separated from an ash chamber (18) by means of a grate bottom (12) and having a walling (8) at the rear and at both sides, which upwards has an inclining forwards/upwards extending wall part (22), the combustion chamber (6) upwards, preferably via a reversing plate (24), being connected with a chimney (28) via a flue gas exhaust (26), the control including a thermal sensor (46) and a A-probe (48) provided in the flue gas exhaust (26), wherein the control (38) is incorporated in a cabinet (36) which is adapted to be disposed below the ash chamber (18) and which includes a common air intake (48) and one or more regulating valves (34, 40, 42) with a damper plate, each drivingly connected with an electric motor (50, 52, 54) arranged in the cabinet, the motor being control connected with the electronic control (38), the regulating valve or valves (34, 40, 42) interacting with air ducts for supplying primary and secondary combustion air (19, 33, 45), the air ducts being disposed side by side at a rear side of the woodburning stove (2).