MEMS gyroscope with reduced sensitivity to linear acceleration comprising; • drive actuation electrodes, drive sensing electrodes, movable sense mode frame, positive sense mode electrodes, negative sense mode electrodes, positive force-feedback electrode and negative force-feedback electrode, wherein an external acceleration force acting on the sense axis is counterbalanced by generating a DC force on the sense mode electrodes (6, 7); • a closed-loop acceleration cancellation circuit adapted to apply feedback voltage (21, 22) to the sense mode electrodes (6,7); • a movable sense frame, a summing amplifier adapted to sense the static acceleration acting on said movable frame by comparing the amplitudes of the out of phase quadrature signals generated on the sense mode electrodes (6,7), the output of the summing amplifier being modulated with a drive mode channel output signal and passed through a low pass filter; • a demodulator adapted to demodulate the output of the summing amplifier; wherein the low pass filter is adapted to give a measure of the static acceleration acting on movable sense frame, the output of the low pass filter being fed to a controller stage; • wherein the controller stage is adapted to generate a positive feedback voltage to keep the movable sense frame of the MEMS gyroscope stationary irrespective of an external acceleration force; • a buffer adapted to receive the output of the controller stage and to give information about the amplitude of the acceleration force; and • an inverting amplifier adapted to invert the positive feedback voltage before said inverted, negative feedback voltage is sent to the sense mode electrodes (6, 7). • drive actuation electrodes, drive sensing electrodes, movable sense mode frame, positive sense mode electrodes, negative sense mode electrodes, positive force-feedback electrode and negative force-feedback electrode, wherein an external acceleration force acting on the sense axis is counterbalanced by generating a DC force on the sense mode electrodes (6, 7); • a closed-loop acceleration cancellation circuit adapted to apply feedback voltage (21, 22) to the sense mode electrodes (6,7); • a movable sense frame, a summing amplifier adapted to sense the static acceleration acting on said movable frame by comparing the amplitudes of the out of phase quadrature signals generated on the sense mode electrodes (6,7), the output of the summing amplifier being modulated with a drive mode channel output signal and passed through a low pass filter; • a demodulator adapted to demodulate the output of the summing amplifier; wherein the low pass filter is adapted to give a measure of the static acceleration acting on movable sense frame, the output of the low pass filter being fed to a controller stage; • wherein the controller stage is adapted to generate a positive feedback voltage to keep the movable sense frame of the MEMS gyroscope stationary irrespective of an external acceleration force; • a buffer adapted to receive the output of the controller stage and to give information about the amplitude of the acceleration force; and • an inverting amplifier adapted to invert the positive feedback voltage before said inverted, negative feedback voltage is sent to the sense mode electrodes (6, 7).