Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for authenticating a user of an electronic device comprising a fingerprint sensor and a force sensor, the method comprising: retrieving a stored plurality of fingerprint enrollment templates comprising an enrollment representation of at least part of a user's finger and a corresponding enrollment force parameter, acquiring a first verification image of an object and determining a first verification representation, determining a first verification force parameter, performing a fingerprint authentication procedure based on the first verification template and the plurality of fingerprint enrollment templates, wherein when the first verification representation and the first verification force parameter comprised in the first verification template matches each of the enrollment representation and the enrollment force parameter comprised in the same fingerprint enrollment template providing a signal indicating successful authentication of the user.