A method for controlling an individually pitched wind turbine during shutdown, said wind turbine comprising at least three wind turbine blades, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a shutdown command for stopping operation of the wind turbine, b) determining a pitch angle of each of the wind turbine blades, c) comparing the pitch angles of the wind turbine blades, and identifying a first wind turbine blade, a second wind turbine blade and a third wind turbine blade, wherein the first wind turbine blade is the wind turbine blade having a pitch angle which is furthest away from a feathered position, the third wind turbine blade is the wind turbine blade having a pitch angle which is closest to a feathered position, and the second wind turbine blade has an intermediate pitch angle, d) selecting a shutdown strategy for the wind turbine from a group of two or more predefined shutdown strategies, based on the comparing step, e) moving the wind turbine blades towards a feathered position in accordance with the selected shutdown strategy, f) monitoring the pitch angles of the wind turbine blades during shutdown, g) selecting a new shutdown strategy from the group of two or more shutdown strategies in the case that one or more predefined criteria is/are fulfilled, h) continuing movement of the wind turbine blades towards the feathered position in accordance with the new shutdown strategy, and characterized in that the step of comparing the pitch angles further comprises the step of comparing the pitch angle, θ 2, of the second wind turbine blade with an average of the pitch angle, θ 1, of the first wind turbine blade and the pitch angle, θ 3, of the third wind turbine blade, and wherein the step of selecting a shutdown strategy comprises selecting a first shutdown strategy in the case that θ 2 is larger than the average of θ 1 and θ 3, and selecting a second shutdown strategy in the case that θ 2 is smaller than or equal to the average of θ 1 and θ 3. a) receiving a shutdown command for stopping operation of the wind turbine, b) determining a pitch angle of each of the wind turbine blades, c) comparing the pitch angles of the wind turbine blades, and identifying a first wind turbine blade, a second wind turbine blade and a third wind turbine blade, wherein the first wind turbine blade is the wind turbine blade having a pitch angle which is furthest away from a feathered position, the third wind turbine blade is the wind turbine blade having a pitch angle which is closest to a feathered position, and the second wind turbine blade has an intermediate pitch angle, d) selecting a shutdown strategy for the wind turbine from a group of two or more predefined shutdown strategies, based on the comparing step, e) moving the wind turbine blades towards a feathered position in accordance with the selected shutdown strategy, f) monitoring the pitch angles of the wind turbine blades during shutdown, g) selecting a new shutdown strategy from the group of two or more shutdown strategies in the case that one or more predefined criteria is/are fulfilled, h) continuing movement of the wind turbine blades towards the feathered position in accordance with the new shutdown strategy, and