The Scandinavian Festival with live entertainment, traditional food and plenty of children's games will return Saturday and Sunday at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

The celebration was canceled last year because of a lack of money and volunteers, but it's back this year, marking the 33rd time it has been celebrated at Kingsman Park on the campus.

The celebration will open with a flags parade, to be followed by various national anthems to celebrate the heritage of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, as well as the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

The festival will be bigger this year.

"We added more games and crafts from Scandinavia," said Richard Londgren, the publicity coordinator. There will be a family trivia game and a parade to the Maypole, in what is planned to be a family-oriented event.

For the first time, a worship ceremony will be offered on Sunday at 11 a.m..

"A lot of the traditions were provided by the immigrants in the 1920s; many immigrants were from rural areas," Londgren said.

Children will learn about various countries as part of a game. Kids will receive a passport allowing them to visit and learn about each country.

A Festival Soccer Clinic will offer kids the chance to learn about the sport and famous soccer players from Sweden and Norway.

Among other offerings at the festival:

n The Ravens of Odin Viking, a group with local members, will demonstrate throughout the festival the life of Viking tribes in an encampment.

n A Latvian dance group will perform traditional dances Saturday.

n A lecture on the Sami, an indigenous nomadic group from Lapland, in the northern Scandinavian peninsula, will be presented.

The Sami plays an important role in the region because the group has established its own parliament in protection of its people, said Anita Londgren, an event coordinator.

n About 50 vendors from the county, Orange County and Pasadena will be selling Scandinavian crafts.

n Volunteers will demonstrate how to make a lefse, a traditional dish. A smorgasbord, a buffet with Scandinavian food from all of the eight countries, also will be available.

The festival is sponsored by the Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation and the Scandinavian Center.